I can't imagine how many days or weeks of time and cost of shipping, labor, and parts the same damage on a Kenwood 480 would be.
David, k3tue . --- Mark Bayern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/28/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > And when it fails, good luck fixing it yourself! 8-) > > funny you should mention that! ... this was posted within the last > week on a QRP group's reflector. > > ~~ > > >From QRPland; I made the fatal mistake of leaving my K-1 plugged in > and hooked up during an electrical storm...ZAP-POW-SPLAT...Batman! > There was no crash, no flash of lightning, just a silent power surge > that took out the EEprom, the Voltage regulator and a diode in the > ATU. Total cost of repairs was $7.49 (including postage). Finding the > problem took about 4 hours of bad language. > > ~~ > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [email protected] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
