FT818ND Power questions and dual use with MTR3B?

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Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong as I have used an 817 since 2006 on 600+ activations and have not broken the power connector?

Does the recent Hart Fell activation not count?

Went the day badly... Hart Fell GM/SS-037

Actually a bad situation was recovered the next day but… WX forecast was for “scorchio” sun over the South of Scotland with hot temperatureson Friday and the weekend weather not so good so I took a day’s vacation out of my huge stockpile for Friday and then posted to the gm13 group to stir up some 13cms activity. As the WX looked good, may as well do a decent walk I thought. In the end Hart Fell GM/SS-037 selected itself. gm13 produced responses from Jack GM4COX on Meikle Bin and Andrew G(M)4…