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Re: FT-847 Disaster
- Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: FT-847 Disaster
- From: "francesco messineo" <iz5dwf@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2007 10:12:55 +0100
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On 12/25/07, Edward Cole <kl7uw@acsalaska.net> wrote:
>
> If the ohmmeter shows a dead short, then you probably cooked the
> final transistors. Hopefully, you did not cook the VHF or UHF
> transmitter as the transistors are no longer available. Yaesu had to
> discontinue manufacture of the FT-847 due to loss of supply for these
> transmitting transistors.
>
this is "interesting", I was just looking for an used FT-847 for my
shack. No equivalent parts from other manufacturers also?
If I get one I will surely add a sacrifical diode across the power
supply, but first I'll start digging informations about the
unobtainable final transistors.
73
Francesco IZ8DWF
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