[Kenwood] TS-930S: Glass Diodes Glowing Red On Signal Unit

Wed, 17 Mar 2004 08:57:51 -0600

That is normal.

Clif Holland, KA5IPF
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Linden, Mike (BRC-Hes)" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: "Nigrelli, Peter (BRC-Hes)" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 7:23 AM
Subject: [Kenwood] TS-930S: Glass Diodes Glowing Red On Signal Unit

>   I was performing a voltage alignment on my TS-930S' signal unit last
night
> when I noticed what appeared to be a standard glass signal diode that was
> glowing red. I found this most peculiar as I've never seen anything like
it
> before. The diode was not hot. I then noticed another one near the other
> side of the signal unit that was also glowing red (also not hot). Since
the
> radio operates properly, I began thinking that this might just be an
> attribute of certain diodes in certain applications.
>
>   I later found a post on UseNet that seemed to confirm my thoughts that
> this can be an attribute of certain diodes in certain applications. Is
> anyone familiar with this behavior in the TS-930S? The signal unit diodes
in
> question are #67 and #225, both of which are listed as type "LT8001P".
>
>   Thanks, Michael J. Linden  N9BDF
>
>
> PS  The "Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Consistency Act" (HR 1478)
> and the "Amateur Radio Spectrum Protection Act" (HR 713 & S. 537) are in
> Congress. Please contact your Congressmen to ask for their support of
these
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