[W8MWA] Fwd: RE: KX2A to ZD7FT re Icom 7300

[Jan Ditzian]

IC-7300 owners of MWA,

Has any of you had a similar experience as Peter, ZD7FT?  I will pass it 
on, but I expect that this event will be a seldom- or never-repeated glitch.

73,

Jan, KX2A

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Subject: 	RE: [W8MWA] KX2A to ZD7FT re Icom 7300
Date: 	Sat, 21 Mar 2020 13:25:42 -0000
From: 	Joyce & Peter <joy.petec at helanta.co.sh>
To: 	ditzian at gmail.com



Hi Jan

Thank you and the members of the Monongalia Wireless Association. I will 
certainly be using the information in due course.  I have more to learn 
on how to set the radio up for maximum performance.

Unfortunately Jan, I might have a problem in the making with the radio. 
Nearly a week ago after an hours listening, the display disappeared off 
the screen, so I was left with a blank screen.  The power button light 
was flashing, but the radio continued to receive.  The radio did not 
switched off.  I touched the power button to switch the radio off, and 
everything was back to normal operations.

I have been using the radio quite intensively since the display failure, 
without any reoccurrence of the fault whatsoever.  The radio is working 
beautifully.

I have contacted the technical staff of the supplier who sold me the 
rig, and they just simply said to send the rig back for repairs.  I was 
expecting them to offer a possible cause for the display failure.  To 
send the radio over 4,000 miles away, and the logistics that goes with 
it, is a bit daunting to say the least.

I think I will not do this in a hurry so I will wait a while and 
continue using the radio as I otherwise would, and see what happens.  
However, if that is what it takes that I need to send it to the UK for 
repairs (if it turns out that I do have a genuine fault) then that is 
what I will have to do.

In the meantime, when next I talk to someone who has an IC-7300 I shall 
ask them if their radio has had this malfunction, which lasted a few 
seconds in my case.

73s Peter ZD7FT


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