Hello Edgar.
29 Dec 97 14:45, Edgar Mckinney wrote to All:
 EM> HI! I'm Edgar 
 EM>
 EM> I have an ICOM 2AT with the BNC connector "side" pins worn out and the
 EM> other night when I checked in the BLACK DIAMOND net the transmit
 EM> button was stuck in transmit mode and I pulled the battery case off to
 EM> keep the 145.370Mcs repeater from timming out. When I placed it back
 EM> on the radio was DEAD! and wont come back up!
When you pulled the battery, it may have shorted and blew the fuse, inside. 
Does it still have voltage?
 EM> Being on SSD it was the only radio I had.
 EM>
 EM> Does anyone know what happened and how to repair it or how much it
 EM> costs to get it repaired?
 EM>
 EM> The transmitt button has been kinda funky, When I turn the radio onto
 EM> its back or the opposite side of the XMT button it would key up and
 EM> also sometimes it would do it when it was sitting up right.
Weird.  That radio has a micro-switch behind the key...could be a lot of 
things.  Have you ever had the covers off?
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