[TenTec] Frozen VI+

[Seay]

No, modern solid state devices handle cold a lot better than they
handle heat. The OMNI series would work fine outside in
below zero weather.
Before getting too serious here, do a hard reset and see what
happens. If it continues, give the gang at Ten Tek a land line.
de KL7HF

-----Original Message-----
From: RICHARD ANDREN <andrenr@ul.com>
To: tentec@contesting.com <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Friday, January 15, 1999 3:56 AM
Subject: [TenTec] Frozen VI+


>
>Could my radio have been stone frozen?  My wife received our VI+ back from
>TT service yesterday at 11:00am.  She didn't open the box.  I opened it
>when I got home from work at 7:00pm, plugged it in, and it drifted
>something terrible!  USB seemed ok, but LSB, CW, and FSK drifted on all
>bands.  This went on for two hours.  After that, it seemed very stable.  I
>checked it this morning before leaving for work, and it's still stable
>after being turned off all night.  Could it have been so frozen and
>insulated in the shipping box that it took over 8 hours to warm up?  The
>local temp here is 20F which really isn't very cold.  Anyone else
>experience this?
>
>73, Rick N9THC
>
>
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