[RTTY] A good weekend for bad propagation

[Bill Turner]

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On 3/19/2012 3:10 PM, Gary AL9A wrote:
> Bill,
>
> Ouch!  Were you driving an amp or running the 7600 barefoot full tilt?
>
> 73,
> Gary AL9A 

REPLY:


U had been driving an amp, but that's not when it died. It was working 
fine when I QRT'd for a minute to get a cup of coffee and when I came 
back, on the next TX, nothing. The failure was completely silent - no 
pops, bangs or other signs of malfeasance. The output meter just stayed 
on zero.

My amp only needs 45 watts for full output so overheating should not 
have been an issue. I'll be curious to know what the factory says happened.

73, Bill W6WRT