QRP Labs kit shipping update
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Hi all
During my absence on family vacation last week there was a major storm last Thursday, a lot of rain and thunder and lightning. After one close-by strike my colleagues?reported crackling and sparking on cables in our office, and since then we have?been without internet... the ISP say the modem is working fine (they test it from their end) but we tell them it isn't actually delivering us any internet.?
Anyway regardless of that, today I woke up and figured out how to USB tether my cellphone to the PC and share the internet to the PC. And got my shipping colleague doing the same thing via her iPhone. So 2 of our 6 QRP Labs office computers (which are the most critical two) are back online while we wait for someone from the ISP to visit. We are now working?on catching up on the shipments from last Thursday to today.?
Meanwhile after all the crackling and sparking my colleagues thoughtfully?unplugged my antenna. Full marks for effort... but the damage was evidently already done by that time: when I returned from vacation and switched on my QMX+ the thing popped and current went to several amps... I replaced the four BS170 PA transistors (one of which was visibly cracked); still not getting correct power output and performance I realized I need to replace the Q508 Tx/Rx transistor which had also apparently taken a hit. After all that, happy to say everything is back in order, the radio is working properly once again!
Meanwhile: we ran out of dummy load kits, and the 1.000 new PCB's are on the way via FedEx. They are going through customs processing in Izmir today and after that the imports normally reach me about 2-3 days later by road via the domestic courier who are the local FedEx agent. So some of you who ordered a Dummy load kit might be wondering why your order didn't ship yet, this is the explanation, please wait a few days.
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