[bars] Ughh.... I think it's dead, Jim

[Jim Idelson]

Wow I just read Tony's reply. He and I seem to be in a troubleshooting
mind-meld lately. See what I did there?

73 Jim K1IR

On Sat, Aug 20, 2022, 10:15 AM Jim Idelson <jim at k1ir.com> wrote:

> I am motivated by the 'Jim' reference, even though I know it's source . . .
>
> The problem underlying this latest failure is probably the same as
> previous, but you might want to do the normal troubleshooting steps . . .
> like . . .
>
> Is there an internal fuse? Can you check it?
>
> 73 Jim K1IR
>
> On Fri, Aug 19, 2022, 8:53 PM Tim KC1RET <kc1ret.radio at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for your reply, Tony.
>>
>> I've seen a reference online to an internal fuse.  I have downloaded the
>> service manual and will review.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> T.
>>
>> On 8/19/2022 20:15, Tony Brock-Fisher via bars wrote:
>>
>> Any chance it might have blown an internal fuse? Check the manual,
>> schematic...
>>
>> -Tony
>> On 8/19/2022 8:02 PM, Tim KC1RET wrote:
>>
>> Well, there is much sadness around my QTH today...  I think I killed my
>> TS-2000.
>>
>> I've had my TS2000 for a few months now and I'm loving it! The only issue
>> I've had with it was on a very hot day last month it did shutdown (power
>> off) during xmit. It came back on almost immediately. It happened a few
>> times that day. I caulked it up to a thermal protection shutdown.
>>
>> Today, which was quite mild by comparison, it happened again. Only this
>> time, it did not come back on. It is completely dead - no response to power
>> button at all. I had done a pretty heavy FT8 session earlier in the hour (I
>> work FT8/4 almost exclusively) but was working a POTA site on SSB at the
>> time of the shutdown (sorry. HI8PAP - I didn't mean to disappear in the
>> middle of the QSO!). The fan was running at the time, which is normal, but
>> the radio did not seem at all warm.
>>
>> I've confirmed the voltage on the supply cable (at the radio connector),
>> disconnected everything else, and tried a Full Reset - nada. The AT was
>> activated and I had recently done a tune on the active band. The SWR meter
>> on the radio barely moved during xmit.  There were no obvious 'POP's or
>> signs of the magic smoke, just the normal power-off sound.
>>
>> Is it dead, Jim?  Anyone know a good repair tech?
>>
>> T.
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Courageously sent from a non-Apple device that *includes* a headphone
>> jack.
>> ------------------------------
>> <https://kc1ret.com/img/kc1ret-qsl-card-front-v3.png> Tim Carter - KC1RET
>>
>> +1.978.710.0133 <1.978.710.0133>
>> kc1ret.radio at gmail.com
>> https://kc1ret.com
>>
>> "Computers are incredibly fast, accurate and stupid; humans are
>> incredibly slow, inaccurate and brilliant; together they are powerful
>> beyond imagination." -- *Albert Einstein*
>>
>> Warning: Spelling errors in this message are the product of a poor school
>> system. Pay teachures more than athletes.
>> IMPORTANT: This email is intended for the use of the individual
>> addressee(s) named above and may contain information that is confidential
>> privileged or unsuitable for overly sensitive persons with low self-esteem,
>> no sense of humor or irrational religious beliefs. If you are not the
>> intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution or copying of this
>> email is not authorized (either explicitly or implicitly) and constitutes
>> an irritating social fauxpas. No animals were harmed in the transmission of
>> this email, although the mutt next door is living on borrowed time, let me
>> tell you.
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> bars mailing listbars at w1hh.orghttp://mail.w1hh.org/mailman/listinfo/bars_w1hh.org
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> bars mailing listbars at w1hh.orghttp://mail.w1hh.org/mailman/listinfo/bars_w1hh.org
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Courageously sent from a non-Apple device that *includes* a headphone
>> jack.
>> ------------------------------
>> <https://kc1ret.com/img/kc1ret-qsl-card-front-v3.png> Tim Carter - KC1RET
>>
>> +1.978.710.0133 <1.978.710.0133>
>> kc1ret.radio at gmail.com
>> https://kc1ret.com
>>
>> "Computers are incredibly fast, accurate and stupid; humans are
>> incredibly slow, inaccurate and brilliant; together they are powerful
>> beyond imagination." -- *Albert Einstein*
>>
>> Warning: Spelling errors in this message are the product of a poor school
>> system. Pay teachures more than athletes.
>> IMPORTANT: This email is intended for the use of the individual
>> addressee(s) named above and may contain information that is confidential
>> privileged or unsuitable for overly sensitive persons with low self-esteem,
>> no sense of humor or irrational religious beliefs. If you are not the
>> intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution or copying of this
>> email is not authorized (either explicitly or implicitly) and constitutes
>> an irritating social fauxpas. No animals were harmed in the transmission of
>> this email, although the mutt next door is living on borrowed time, let me
>> tell you.
>> _______________________________________________
>> bars mailing list
>> bars at w1hh.org
>> http://mail.w1hh.org/mailman/listinfo/bars_w1hh.org
>>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mail.w1hh.org/pipermail/bars_w1hh.org/attachments/20220820/1c2d6ec5/attachment.htm>