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ts-870 interesting failure

Subject: ts-870 interesting failure
From: na2n@ifam.com (na2n@ifam.com)
Date: Thu Feb 8 08:12:23 1996
>I think it is interesting that they now build in protection like that, I 
>just wish the bulb was in a socket, or at least easier to get to.

I'd replace both bulbs with Radio Shack .063amp fast-acting fuses (270-1044) in 
5x20 mm fuse holders on the back panel. This has saved the sub-band RX in my 
FT-1000D and the front end of an IC-725 I had. Cheap, easy to do and easy to 
replace in a contest.

73,

Greg Becker NA2N
na2n@ifam.com
Ideas For American Manufacturers
"Technology Conceptualization and Market Development"

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