Oh yeah, what was the setting of the "Front End" switch?
Geo>K0FF
----- Original Message -----
From: M K Miller <qcs0041@lexcominc.net>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2001 7:35 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Antenna proximity--problems with rx overload
> As a result of a " senior moment ", I just fried the receiver front end
> of my FT-1000D. I was transmitting with the other rig on an antenna
> which is spaced only 15 feet from the main slopers, which of course were
> tied to the FT-1000.
>
> I looked back into the archives, but find no notation of anyone doing
> the same dumb thing. Has anyone had the misfortune to inadvertently zap
> a 1000 receiver in this manner, and if so, how bad a job is it to repair
> ?
>
> Thanks, 73,
>
> Kent -W4MKM
>
>
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