Hi Frank:
As cheap as UPS's are now, I can't understand why anyone would not have
their expensive equipment plugged in to one I have two of them, one for my
computer and one for my radio and accessories.
73' Lloyd
NX4W
----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Grossman (WB2BXO)" <flgrossman@earthlink.net>
To: "DX4WIN" <DX4WIN@qth.net>
Cc: <writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2001 5:55 PM
Subject: [WriteLog] Is My ICOM CT-17 Kaput
> Started up DX4WIN this afternoon, attempted to "listen" to a packet spot,
> and the following happened:
>
> --Radio failed to move to the spot frequency,
> --Got "Radio timeout" message about 30 seconds later,
> --Clicked "ok" to timeout message, and got "An exception occurred. Access
> violation at address 005FE0EE80 in module DX4WIN.EXE, Read of address
> FFFFFFFF. (That's 8 F's). :-)
>
> Tried Writelog to eliminate software as the culprit, and simply got a "No
> Radio!" message.
>
> My best guess so far is that the CT-17, which has worked flawlessly for
> years, has been fried by a lightening strike. The strike did no other
> damage in the shack other than trip a breaker my the 20 amp. line used by
my
> SB-220. (got some TV's in other apartments, though!)
>
> I'll swap "com" ports after dinner to make sure the com port wasn't fried,
> rather than the CT-17.
>
> Are there any other likely culprits, or do I collect on my ARRL insurance
> for the CT-17? (Assuming lightening strikes are covered!) :-)
>
> 73,
> Frank
> wb2bxo@arrl.net
>
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