Re: [drakelist] PS7 shutting down

2007-06-16 Thread Lars-Åke Jansson
for my PS7 to shut down. 73 de SM6CGI Lars-Ake From: Bill Carpenter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [drakelist] PS7 shutting down Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:22:51 -0500 Bill Carpenter [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang

Re: [drakelist] PS7 shutting down

2007-06-13 Thread Bill Carpenter
. - Original Message - From: Ron Wagner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 8:50 PM Subject: Re: [drakelist] PS7 shutting down Ron Wagner [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang

Re: [drakelist] PS7 shutting down

2007-06-13 Thread Bill Carpenter
: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 3:56 PM Subject: Re: [drakelist] PS7 shutting down Dieter Horst [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Bill, have you ever tried transmitting into a dummy load just to make sure

RE: [drakelist] PS7 shutting down

2007-06-13 Thread sebdesn
sebdesn [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- have you ever tried transmitting into a dummy load just to make sure it is not excessive RF in your shack causing the PS-7 to go wild? 73, Dieter DL5RDO

RE: [drakelist] PS7 shutting down

2007-06-13 Thread Joe Pyles
Joe Pyles [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Did you try the TR7 with another power supply to make sure that there is not some problem in the final or the output filter board causing it to draw

Re: [drakelist] PS7 shutting down

2007-06-13 Thread Bill Carpenter
, June 13, 2007 7:34 PM Subject: RE: [drakelist] PS7 shutting down Joe Pyles [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Did you try the TR7 with another power supply to make sure that there is not some problem

[drakelist] PS7 shutting down

2007-06-11 Thread Bill Carpenter
Bill Carpenter [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- My PS7 has started acting up - shutting down at around 40 watts. I replaced the 723 regulator chip and the tip31 chip with no change. I don't think

Re: [drakelist] PS7 shutting down

2007-06-11 Thread W4AWM
Hi Bill, Check your line voltage. I have 4 PS-7s and if they don't see 120 to 122V, they shut down when I am tuning up and that shutdown point is right at 40 watts as measured on a Bird wattmeter. 73, John, W4AWM ** See what's free at

Re: [drakelist] PS7 shutting down

2007-06-11 Thread Bill Carpenter
It's 115V but I doubt it has dropped 5 V in the last week or so. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 5:15 PM Subject: Re: [drakelist] PS7 shutting down Hi Bill, Check your line voltage. I have 4 PS-7s

Re: [drakelist] PS7 shutting down

2007-06-11 Thread W4AWM
Hi Again Bill, If it is as low as 115V and the voltage selector switch is set at 120V, you will definately have a problem. There is also a HI/LO selector switch on the panel next to the voltage switch, but I am not familiar with the operation of this function and would hesitate to advise you

Re: [drakelist] PS7 shutting down

2007-06-11 Thread Ron Wagner
Ron Wagner [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Based on the PS-7 manual page 4, the 120 selection is for 108-132 volts input. And yes I doubt that voltage that low would run the PS-7. Given the