That depends. What did the loud pop smell like?
I'd give it a real close looking over and under, inside and out, mostly
inside, before putting power to it again. I suspect you'll find
something burnt.
Dave KC2RPJ
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Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2011 21:09:00 -0500
From: "Art Trampler"<atrampler@att.net>
Subject: [TenTec] ooops!
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment"<tentec@contesting.com>
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The joys of getting old?
I went to tune my 425 and had the Pegasus output set for 20 watts.
Well, I forgot to check the output when using the ?Tune? button, and that was
100 watts. There was a loud pop (not a snap, mind you) in the RF deck and the
main fuses blew. Just in case, I replaced the fuses and as soon as I hit any
drive, the same ?pop? and blown fuses.
I would say the fault occurred about one second into the overdrive. I couldn?t
get the mouse on the button quickly enough to prevent it.
So what?s the consensus? Tubes only? Or do I look for something else as well?
Thanks,
Art
Art Trampler, K?RO
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