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fogdog

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I've been thinking about this, and never asked before.
I'm in and out of my garage / shack probably 6 times a day. I'll come down here and Radio for a couple of hours, and then go do something else. Every time I leave I turn all my equipment off.
I'm just wondering if that's hard on a radio . My friend up the road says my caps will go out by doing this . What's your thoughts on this. On or Off when you leave the shack?
 

Good question. (y)
My setup is in my house but I do the same thing.
Since no tubes are involved, I just assumed it was not an issue.
Need to know if it is.
 
I only turn mine OFF before I go to bed.They all sty ON during the day.I only turn on my amplifiers when I am making a contact for my ICOM PW-1 & I leave the DENTRON 160-10L ON all day due to warm up time for the 572B Tubes.

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I've been thinking about this, and never asked before.
I'm in and out of my garage / shack probably 6 times a day. I'll come down here and Radio for a couple of hours, and then go do something else. Every time I leave I turn all my equipment off.
I'm just wondering if that's hard on a radio . My friend up the road says my caps will go out by doing this . What's your thoughts on this. On or Off when you leave the shack?


My radio turns on every time I start the truck and turns off every time I turn the key off. No issue.
 

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