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Hi Curt, like you I also bought my 7000 new many years ago. At the time it was one of the first to hit the shores of Australia. I have had a few problems crop up over the years but most I would say were heat related or bad ribbon cables. The heat would get quite high if I left it idling on the bench for most of the day. It got to the stage where the radio was pretty useless (it would light up but nobody was home if you know what I mean), so in desperation,? I tried re-floating the large BGA type chips with an air solder station. The radio immediately came back to life and I have run it ever since with an external fan keeping it as cool as possible. The temp meter shows that it likes it and the radio has become extremely reliable once again. I can not say why some radios get hotter than others except to suggest that perhaps the conductivity between the ICs and their mounts is better on some radios than others.

Perhaps my radio came off the production line on a Friday - Hi.

Cheers,

Hoffy - VK4OY//