Thanks to the 22 folks who were kind enough to take the time to reply. The consensus of the replies is that I may choose to offer the buyer his money back if he returns the matchbox. But I could also choose not to do so, at the peril of my eBay feedback rating.
Comments about the user's use of the Matchbox are summarized as: 1. It's a balanced tuner. Running it with an unbalanced output from a transceiver could be unpredictable. 2. It has a T/R relay that defaults to R. Was the T/R relay properly energized? 3. Icom's literature says that the IC-735 does have thermal overload protection against high SWR. Why didn't it work? 4. The meltdown could have occurred due to a violent mismatch into which the operator let the TX transmit too long. So I guess I still have a decision to make. I am not sure what I will do yet. But thanks all for your help and moral support. It's the first time anything like this has happened to me... 73, Don Merz, N3RHT -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Merz Donald S Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 11:07 AM To: 'Amradio (E-mail); 'Glowbugs (E-mail) Subject: [AMRadio] Matchbox Melts Down IC-735 ?? I need the benefit of your expertise. You may recall that I advertised a 275W EFJ matchbox on this list a month ago. Well, it didn't sell and it went on eBay where it did sell. The buyer hooked it up to his IC-735 without looking inside the matchbox (I had never done so either) and tried to transmit. He says that the IC-735 final blew as a result. He says that he then looked inside the matchbox and found a short that he thinks caused the melt down. I was thinking that this doesn't add up too well. But I have no experience with that ricebox. So I am also thinking that I should offer to help pay for the cleanup if I am at fault here. And that's the question: Am I at fault here? Any input appreciated. 73, Don Merz, N3RHT The information contained in this e-mail may be confidential and is intended solely for the use of the named addressee. Access, copying or re-use of the e-mail or any information contained therein by any other person is not authorized. If you are not the intended recipient please notify us immediately by returning the e-mail to the originator.(16b)
