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Re: [CQ-Contest] IC756 ProIII - unexpected shutdown

To: Georgek5kg@aol.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] IC756 ProIII - unexpected shutdown
From: "Mike McCarthy, W1NR" <lists@w1nr.net>
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:13:46 -0400
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Georgek5kg@aol.com wrote:
> My ProIII abruptly shutdown 20 hours into the IARU contest.  After  about 20 
> or 30 seconds it came back on without me pushing the Power  button.  It then 
> worked ok for about 5 minutes, and shutdown again.   It did this several 
> times, 
> each time coming back on of its own accord after  an increasingly shorter 
> time of shutdown.  After a few minutes of  this, I replaced the ProIII with a 
> spare ProII, and finished  the last 4 hours of the contest without incident.  
>  
> If anyone has experienced this with a 756Pro (I, II or III), pse contact me  
> directly.
>  
> 73, Geo...
>  
> George  Wagner, K5kg
> 941-400-1960 cell
> 

Bad power supply or bad connection to power supply is the usual culprit.

Mike, W1NR

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