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Taz
| | Posted on Sunday, October 21, 2001 - 12:01 am: | 
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It says the boomer 500 deadkeys 450 watts, is this true? |
jyd
| | Posted on Monday, October 22, 2001 - 7:24 pm: |
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if you have a high dead key,but with a low dead key it will swing about 6oo |
Moderator476
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Username: Moderator476
Post Number: 40
Registered: 7-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 5:17 pm: |
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Thought I post this here as it has to do with my boomer.
Ok about a month or so ago I went out to get on my ham radio to check into a 2m net,
I use the power supply to power up the 2m mobile for base use.
Well I turn the it on and it started smoking I unplugged it from the wall fast like.
I let it sit all this time till today.
Being down and feeling low I got nosie today and open the thing up to see if I could see what was burnt, after opening it I plug it in and turn it on, sure enough it started smoking.
I unplugged it fast.
I started looking in the place I saw smoke but found no burnt marks, then I kept looking around in the general area and found a sleve that was hanging from a red wire, followed it up to a board,there I found 2 red wires hooked to the board next to each other, So I though maybe the slever keeps these 2 wires from touching, So I push the sleve back up over the red wire it was on and thought ok lets try again, plug it back up,turned the power on. so far it looked good.
I then turn on the pre amp, still ok,then I tryed all stages from L-M-H still things looked ok.
So I took it back out to the shack and hooked it up to the radio.
Everything seems to be back in order.
I tryed it my imax but got very hi swr.
Tryed it on the A99 and it was ok, even under 1.5 swr with it on hi.
God I hope it stays this way.
Now all I need to do is get it back working on a new Imax if not I'll be still saving my penny's for a long time to redo my station.
Some good news is better then bad news or no news at all
just had to rant some
73
Starface
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Tech291
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Username: Tech291
Post Number: 423
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 6:08 pm: |
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George,
since you spotted no burnt components,the smoke may be from a board trace.was that on the powersupply board or the rf board?
Next thing to check sounds like the coax and the Imax itself since the amp worked ok on the A-99.have faith,repairs dont always have to cost big bucks!
TECH291
CEF#291/CVC#6
KC8ZPJ |
Moderator476
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Username: Moderator476
Post Number: 41
Registered: 7-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 6:34 pm: |
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Dennis,
I wouldn't know one board from the other.
what do you mean smoke may be from a board trace?
As far as the Imax goes Sinker came over a year ago to help me with that, thought it was ok butttt... anyway thanks for the input.
Starface
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Tech291
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Username: Tech291
Post Number: 425
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 7:06 pm: |
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George,
the rf board has the "pills"on it,on the left side sitting upright front towards you.by trace I ment the foil traces on the bottom of the circuit board.
TECH291
CEF#291/CVC#6
KC8ZPJ |
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