[VHFcontesting] rig recommendations for portable operation

[Shupienis, Joseph]

Steve -

Yep. That's a common problem, and reflects the state of the electronic component industry today. As the late, great Don LaFontaine would intone, "In a world..." of throwaway consumer electronics, quality, long-life switches just aren't made anymore.

I replaced mine with one out of an old mouse. I had to dig through a box of old computer stuff I kept, but found a switch that was close enough on the third mouse I tried.

I also fixed the encoder of an old HW-5400 that way once, but that's another story...

I'm sure Icom is aware of the problem -- mine was out of warranty, but maybe yours is less than a year old???

One final note... I connected a 220 ohm resistor from +13.8 to the positive fan lead (which is still connected as usual). Now it runs at a continuous low speed that is barely audible, and only kicks up to high speed during long-winded FM transmissions. Temperature meter never gets out of the blue, and the case is nice and cool to the touch at all times.

-----Original Message-----
From: k4gun at comcast.net [mailto:k4gun at comcast.net]
Sent: Fri 11/28/2008 8:47 AM
To: Shupienis, Joseph
Cc: vhfcontesting at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] rig recommendations for portable operation
 


I'm pretty happy with my IC7000 for roving. 

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My only complaint is the factory mic.  The PTT switch failed and I haven't been able to fix it.  

...

Steve 

K4GUN/R