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For the moment I am not going to do anything until I can verify the warranty coverage status.

Yes, I am already using a small, plastic Philips screwdriver.

More fun in the shack. I am working on connecting the CarlBuilt amp to the PM4-120 PSU. The recommendation from CarlBuilt is to run the amp at 14.5 volts so that is what I am attempting to do. I have the toggle set to fixed output, have a voltmeter connected to the PSU terminals and am using a...

I am replacing the Maco V58 on a 30 foot pole with a 40 foot tower with manual winch, Maco M104C mounted horizontally and the V58 above it without the groundplane radials. The antenna arrived yesterday. Now all that is left is: Snow to melt and ground to firm up. Get Digger's Hotline person to...

Now you have me thinking about installing a fan speed switch, at least three speeds. Is there a formula that will help tell what wattage resistors you'd need to have a fan that normally runs at 14 volts to have a high setting that runs at 14 volts, a medium setting at 10 volts and a low setting...

My buddy is going to take care of the repair costs. I wonder if I can get the RF probe added to the bill as part of the repair service.

Thanks. I just looked again at both sides of the board and found it in two additional places and gently poking it with a toothpick showed it to lack any sort of gooiness at all.

Finally, a problem that's not of my doing. I loaned my Lincoln II+ V4 to a friend for a week for him to try out. When it came back to me, it would not even turn on. I think he may have had a high SWR issue or amp issue, but really could not be certain and ca't get a straight answer. All I had to...

Agreed. I tried it out and my 60 watt soldering iron is too wimpy to get enough heat into the 6 AWG wire to make a solid joint so I will stick with 8 AWG. I know I have a Weller 200/300 watt soldering gun packed away somewhere but it's been at least 5 years since I last saw it. I will find it...

Because I caught a bit of grief here a few months ago when I mentioned extending the #8 wires and it was suggested I should do it properly and completely replace the #8 wire with #6 wire. Plus it's another excuse to tinker/learn. ;) It'll be better once the weather warms up and I can get back...

Sorry to pester you with yet another question but... In general, does a slip-on ferrite bead work better than a clamp-on one of the same dimensions? I'm thinking of any stray RF weasels that try to sneak up the slot where the two halves join.

Thanks for the link. It looks like this one should work as long as I can mount it on the cable just outside the case. It has an ID of 0.505 inch and the OD of the 6 AWG cable I am using is 0.4 inch.

Does the bead have to be inside the case close to the solder point where it is now or will it also work if it is just outside the case? If it is outside the case it looks like it gives me more options for size/length/number of them and also clamp on too instead of just slip on. The clamp-on...

Mainly because I don't know this type of basic stuff yet. I have a lot to learn.

Thanks for the info. I will do some digging and see if I can find one that looks like it would be a good fit for the new 10mm 6awg cable.

In case anyone is interested/curious, this is the fan that came in my new 200HDC. I'm going to see if I can find a different fan that fits, keeps the amp safely cooled but is a bit less boisterous when doing so. Who knows, this may turn out to be a snipe hunt but I won't know for sure until I look.

I am in the process of replacing the much-too-short 8 awg power cables on my 200HDC with six foot long 6 awg cables. The outer diameter of the new 6 awg positive cable is 10mm and this is too large to fit inside the ring that the current 8 awg wire goes through right before where it is soldered...

Are you able to use the 300P on SSB at all? If so, how does it sound?

I ended up deciding to swallow a bit of pride and stubborneness and sent the radio to a service shop a few hours away from here. Hopefully the tech there can get the radio back to a solid starting point and I can avoid repeating the errors that contributed to it needing service in the first place.

The only identifying marks I found on Q109 are on the back and they are "02314" on the top and "F 1H" on the bottom. My initial search turned up stuff like the following light reading. ;) Or how about an octopus hook? :) I'll continue looking after work today.