Blew up antenna port A on my new RSP2. :(
Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2017 1:49 am
Not quite sure what happened yet but my brain was apparently switched off while testing some equipment (at work, ugh) with my brand new RSP2. I'm not sure if it was some DC or excessive RF power level, but that likely doesn't matter at this point - lesson learned, again, doh.
Antenna port B is still fine, so I'm hoping to perhaps fix this myself. It might be as simple as replacing a blown transistor (or two), labelled A7N, or perhaps the 8-pin IC labelled 251. Any thoughts as to which components were the likely fuse in this case, and suitable replacement components I might be able to obtain from Digikey?
I must say that I'm glad to be out of the electronics business, now that components are smaller than fly poop.
Antenna port B is still fine, so I'm hoping to perhaps fix this myself. It might be as simple as replacing a blown transistor (or two), labelled A7N, or perhaps the 8-pin IC labelled 251. Any thoughts as to which components were the likely fuse in this case, and suitable replacement components I might be able to obtain from Digikey?
I must say that I'm glad to be out of the electronics business, now that components are smaller than fly poop.