I once silenced my Omni VII's receiver... I foolishly hot plugged an
active receive-only antenna into the receive-only jack on the rig, and
fried a couple of diodes - which were an easy diagnosis and fix for the
TT repair dept. I felt pretty stupid as I always kill power to
everything before connecting anything to the rig - well... always except
that day.
It is always much harder to take when it is a self-inflicted wound.
But... maybe ... (I am no expert) ... the same sort of diodes blew and
protected the rest of the receiver. This is likely one of the easier
things to test on your own.
Anyway... just a suggestion that might be an easy think to check.
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On 5/14/2012 11:37 AM, Kimberly Elmore wrote:
Agreed -- This probably isn't as bad as even a very-low end lightning event
(what the lightning people call a "streamer"). I experienced one of those with
an O II (the one tested by the League) and it was, well, Bad. On the "good news"
side, it's unlikely that the rx front end presented a good match to the amp
output, so it's also unlikely that a full kW made it in. But, enough certainly
did make it in that this will be a non-trivial job. Not hopeless by any means,
but something that must be taken on with significant determination.
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