K4TAX SAID:
"Frankly understanding the complexity of switching power
supplies, it's best go with a company that knows what they
are doing."
And in my opinion that does NOT include Astron.
I had one of their switching supplies I was using in the
motorhome with an IC-706. I squatted, out of warranty,
naturally, and I could not get them to even tell me where to
send it for possible repairs.
I complained on a reflector back then and got a response
from a ham who was in a business in which the same supply
was being used to the tune of 40 or 50 units. He said they
had a 50% failure rate with the Astron switcher.
I trashed the Astron and replaced it with an Alinco. So far
(over a year now), it is performing FB.
73..
Duane Budd
<mailto:w5ben@arrl.net>
Johnson City, TN
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