On Fri, 16 Dec 2016 17:43:46 -0600
Dukes HiFi <dukeshifi@comcast.net> wrote:
> Loose connections are always a possibility.
>
Quick check inside did not reveal anything amiss or loose. Nor change
condtion.
>
> The thing has just done you a favor, it went dead. It should now be
> easier to fix.
I hope so as seems destined to go in for repair.
>
> Hope it’s not the CPU though...
>
That is my greatest fear. I've never had a CPU go bad in other
consumer products, why do they seem a problem area in some ham gear?
Perhaps it is due to the fact ham gear is used for years. After all,
how many people are still using a 486 based computer. That seems the
rub, a good radio is a good radio essentially forever while other gear
with CPUs become functionally obsolete within a few years. Just seems
a terrible waste to have a nice radio become a brick upon the failure
of a part.
--
Ed Lawson
Ham Callsign: K1VP
PGP Key ID: 1591EAD3
PGP Key Fingerprint: 79A1 CDC3 EF3D 7F93 1D28 2D42 58E4 2287 1591 EAD3
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