TopBand: FT1000MP RX Input?

Tyler Stewart k3mm@erols.com
Tue, 29 Dec 1998 10:32:39 -0000


Yes, my fried coils are almost certainly due to the proximity of another TX
(my other radio).

73, Ty K3MM

-----Original Message-----
From: Garry & Yelena <ni6t@best.com>
To: K5NZ@aol.com <K5NZ@aol.com>; Topband Reflector <topband@contesting.com>
Date: Tuesday, December 29, 1998 04:29
Subject: Re: TopBand: FT1000MP RX Input?


>
>K5NZ@aol.com wrote:
>>
>
>>
>> Does anyone know if the MP has this same problem or did they make a change
on
>> the RX input to isolate during xmit?
>>
>> Thanks  Mike k5nz
>>
>As for Tyler's comment, I have to wonder if his coils were fried by RF
>from another transmitter--as in a multitransmitter contest
>situation--while his MP was in receive mode. I saw no limiting
>protection on the schematic and installing such protection is probably a
>good idea if the rig is to be operated in that kind of environment.
>--
>Garry Shapiro, NI6T
>160 meters: not a band, but an obsession
>
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