[Kenwood] TM-733A

Fri, 31 Jan 2003 18:50:49 -0600

It has a shorted transistor in the turn-on circuit in the main body. The
head is turning off but the body isn't. Also the current draw is way up when
this happens.

Clif Holland, KA5IPF
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Subject: [Kenwood] TM-733A

> Anyone here have a problem similar to mine? My TM-733A makes a "rushing"
> noise
> from the speaker after being turned off. Also after killing the DC and
> re-applying it to
> stop the noise, the rig will sit there in silence but something is still
> drawing a lot of
> current as it becomes very warm to the touch after about a half hour. On
> occasion
> but not very often the front panel buttons behave erratically sometimes
> even causing
> the radio to turn off. I think that it's possessed! Kenwood was no help.
> Suggested I
> send it in. Big surprise. Took them 10 days to answer my email. I
> thought about
> replacing the audio output IC but that wouldn't explain the other flaky
> problems. Any
> help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Paul, N5PS
>
>
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