> i then noticed the softrock was drawing 100 ma, and the 2462 dual op > amp was warm. i disconnected everything and started trouble > shooting. i determined that the 2462 was cooked, showing a near short > (7 ohms) between pin 1 and ground. i removed it from the board and > the softrock once again was drawing only about 35 ma again.
I assume that you are referring to the op amp in the Rx circuit. Perhaps the problem is similar to this one described for a SoftRock Lite: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/softrock40/message/18156 Dave, WA3OFF
