[CQ-Contest] IC756 ProIII

[Ed Steeble]

Try replacing the fuses. I had a problem with my IC-746. One pigtail
would "unsolder" after a while. It tested OK when cold.
73, Ed
K3IXD

Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:13:46 -0400
From: "Mike McCarthy, W1NR" <lists at w1nr.net>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] IC756 ProIII - unexpected shutdown
To: Georgek5kg at aol.com
Cc: CQ-Contest at CONTESTING.COM
Message-ID: <4880F97A.9050502 at w1nr.net>
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Georgek5kg at aol.com wrote:
> > My ProIII abruptly shutdown 20 hours into the IARU contest.  After 
  about 20
> > or 30 seconds it came back on without me pushing the Power  button. 
  It then
> > worked ok for about 5 minutes, and shutdown again.   It did this 
several times,
> > each time coming back on of its own accord after  an increasingly 
shorter
> > time of shutdown.  After a few minutes of  this, I replaced the 
ProIII with a
> > spare ProII, and finished  the last 4 hours of the contest without 
incident.
> >
> > If anyone has experienced this with a 756Pro (I, II or III), pse 
contact me
> > directly.
> >
> > 73, Geo...
> >
> > George  Wagner, K5kg
> > 941-400-1960 cell
> >

Bad power supply or bad connection to power supply is the usual culprit.

Mike, W1NR