[ICOM] Dead short in Icom 735

[Stephen Budensiek]

Dave,
   First place I'd check would be the PA (and driver) transistors.
That's the problem about 90 per cent of the time.   Not many things
that can handle 30A of current and not blow apart or open at power on.

73's de Stephen, K0SD in So FL

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On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 2:52 AM, Dave Shirk <dave at pamlicosounds.com> wrote:
> I have an old 735. I loaned it to a person, and got it back dead. I was told
> 'nothing was wrong when I last used it.' I tore the thing apart, and the 3
> amp fuse on the PA board is blown. With an ohm meter, I measured the
> resistance from the output of the fuse to ground. It reads 0 ohms. Trying to
> find this through all of the connections and boards which delivers this low
> current 12 Volt line to is driving me nuts.
>
> Has anyone else seen such a problem with this radio?
>
> 73 - Dave - KI4KQ
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