I just had a radio, a Kenwood TS-450S get hurt by an indirect lightning
strike. Must have come in through the ground wire, since the antenna was
disconnected, although the surge protector may not have worked. Anyway, it
seems to have minor damage, in that it has no receive audio, and the VOX
stays anabled all the time. It seems to Transmit ok from what I can tell. I
would like to keep this as a good backup radio, since it looks nearly mint,
and worked great until 3 days ago. I checked with the International Radio
people in Fla, and they appear to be a part time business, since they did
not reply to my E-mail and did not answer the phone when I called. I would
think that a TS450 is old enough that parts are maybe getting a little
scarce? Manufacturers do not seem to support radios like they used to. I
was going to buy a FT-920, but looks like they are not made anymore.

Doug, N4IJ

hi doug,

http://www.aesham.com

they have good service depts. at several locations.

Drop them an email, Miles in Milwakukee store is the manager of service.


73
Dom.

DOUGLAS SNOWDEN wrote:

I just had a radio, a Kenwood TS-450S get hurt by an indirect lightning
strike. Must have come in through the ground wire, since the antenna was
disconnected, although the surge protector may not have worked. Anyway, it
seems to have minor damage, in that it has no receive audio, and the VOX
stays anabled all the time. It seems to Transmit ok from what I can tell. I
would like to keep this as a good backup radio, since it looks nearly mint,
and worked great until 3 days ago. I checked with the International Radio
people in Fla, and they appear to be a part time business, since they did
not reply to my E-mail and did not answer the phone when I called. I would
think that a TS450 is old enough that parts are maybe getting a little
scarce? Manufacturers do not seem to support radios like they used to. I
was going to buy a FT-920, but looks like they are not made anymore.

Doug, N4IJ

hi doug,

http://www.aesham.com

they have good service depts. at several locations.

Drop them an email, Miles in Milwakukee store is the manager of service.


73
Dom.

DOUGLAS SNOWDEN wrote:

I just had a radio, a Kenwood TS-450S get hurt by an indirect lightning
strike. Must have come in through the ground wire, since the antenna was
disconnected, although the surge protector may not have worked. Anyway, it
seems to have minor damage, in that it has no receive audio, and the VOX
stays anabled all the time. It seems to Transmit ok from what I can tell. I
would like to keep this as a good backup radio, since it looks nearly mint,
and worked great until 3 days ago. I checked with the International Radio
people in Fla, and they appear to be a part time business, since they did
not reply to my E-mail and did not answer the phone when I called. I would
think that a TS450 is old enough that parts are maybe getting a little
scarce? Manufacturers do not seem to support radios like they used to. I
was going to buy a FT-920, but looks like they are not made anymore.

Doug, N4IJ

I checked with the International Radio
people in Fla, and they appear to be a part time business, since they did
not reply to my E-mail and did not answer the phone when I called.

Doug-

Check out http://www.qth.com/inrad/. According to the web site they're now in
Oregon.

There's also a couple of repair people who show up here at times. Cliff?

73, Fred, K4DII

I checked with the International Radio
people in Fla, and they appear to be a part time business, since they did
not reply to my E-mail and did not answer the phone when I called.

Doug-

Check out http://www.qth.com/inrad/. According to the web site they're now in
Oregon.

There's also a couple of repair people who show up here at times. Cliff?

73, Fred, K4DII

On 11 Jul 2004 02:32:05 GMT, (Fred McKenzie) wrote:

I checked with the International Radio
people in Fla, and they appear to be a part time business, since they did
not reply to my E-mail and did not answer the phone when I called.

Doug-

Check out http://www.qth.com/inrad/. According to the web site they're now in
Oregon.

There's also a couple of repair people who show up here at times. Cliff?

Alas, Clif at Avvid is retiring... :-(

bob
k5qwg


73, Fred, K4DII

On 11 Jul 2004 02:32:05 GMT, (Fred McKenzie) wrote:

I checked with the International Radio
people in Fla, and they appear to be a part time business, since they did
not reply to my E-mail and did not answer the phone when I called.

Doug-

Check out http://www.qth.com/inrad/. According to the web site they're now in
Oregon.

There's also a couple of repair people who show up here at times. Cliff?

Alas, Clif at Avvid is retiring... :-(

bob
k5qwg


73, Fred, K4DII

W7ARS has worked on a couple of my older
Kenwoods (850, 930) and I'm pleased with
the results. QRZ should get you his email.

--

... Hank

http://horedson.home.att.net
http://w0rli.home.att.net
"DOUGLAS SNOWDEN" wrote in message
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I just had a radio, a Kenwood TS-450S get hurt by an indirect lightning
strike. Must have come in through the ground wire, since the antenna was
disconnected, although the surge protector may not have worked. Anyway, it
seems to have minor damage, in that it has no receive audio, and the VOX
stays anabled all the time. It seems to Transmit ok from what I can tell.
I
would like to keep this as a good backup radio, since it looks nearly
mint,
and worked great until 3 days ago. I checked with the International Radio
people in Fla, and they appear to be a part time business, since they did
not reply to my E-mail and did not answer the phone when I called. I
would
think that a TS450 is old enough that parts are maybe getting a little
scarce? Manufacturers do not seem to support radios like they used to. I
was going to buy a FT-920, but looks like they are not made anymore.

Doug, N4IJ

W7ARS has worked on a couple of my older
Kenwoods (850, 930) and I'm pleased with
the results. QRZ should get you his email.

--

... Hank

http://horedson.home.att.net
http://w0rli.home.att.net
"DOUGLAS SNOWDEN" wrote in message
hlink.net...
I just had a radio, a Kenwood TS-450S get hurt by an indirect lightning
strike. Must have come in through the ground wire, since the antenna was
disconnected, although the surge protector may not have worked. Anyway, it
seems to have minor damage, in that it has no receive audio, and the VOX
stays anabled all the time. It seems to Transmit ok from what I can tell.
I
would like to keep this as a good backup radio, since it looks nearly
mint,
and worked great until 3 days ago. I checked with the International Radio
people in Fla, and they appear to be a part time business, since they did
not reply to my E-mail and did not answer the phone when I called. I
would
think that a TS450 is old enough that parts are maybe getting a little
scarce? Manufacturers do not seem to support radios like they used to. I
was going to buy a FT-920, but looks like they are not made anymore.

Doug, N4IJ