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

Tim KC1RET kc1ret.radio at gmail.com
Sat Aug 20 10:36:30 EDT 2022


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T.

On 8/20/2022 10:18, Jim Idelson wrote:
> 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.
>>>
>>>
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