Curious, I have an RS-35M that keeps blowing the regulator, but it does
it after some time of operation....like a day, sometimes a few weeks,
then it goes out, supply shuts down. At first I suspected the little
regulator voltage pot, it is cheap, so I shot it with DeOxit and wiggled
it, put a new regulator in (the thing is socketed from the last owner, I
suppose this has been happening for some time!) - it worked for a couple
of weeks, powering transmit / receive cycles just fine.
There isn't much on the board, I can't see what could be killing the
regulator in there. I will replace the pot just for good measure (it
acted dirty when I set the voltage), but does anyone have any other
suggestions? Ever see this problem?
Clark
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