On 10/14/2014 8:43 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
Barry OGrady wrote:

I purchased a Yaesu FTDX-400 from an online auction. I have not
attempted to test the transmitter as I lack a suitable antenna or
dummy load. However after some time listening to 40 metres
a circuit breaker in a power board popped out. I reset the CB
and there was a loud bang and a puff of smoke from the area
of the power supply. A quick look under the chassis did not show
anything obvious.

Well, get out the meter and start looking. Apt to be a bad capacitor
or a bad diode (or something else failed due to a shorted capacitor).
The meter will tell you for sure.

Your main worry is collateral damage from bad caps.
--scott


He has a lot more problems than that. It was the CME last month that
caused his problems.

He got that radio right after he finished converting a rig from 1 meter
to 2 meters

The next thing he'll ask is how to get the rig working on 11 meters.

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