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Sticky
New member
Username: Sticky
Post Number: 1
Registered: 8-2005
| | Posted on Friday, August 19, 2005 - 12:48 am: | 
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Hi,
I'm new here and I could use some help with my radio. Sometimes when I key my mic in AM it's total "dead key?". The transmitt L.E.D. lights up but but the needle drops to zero and no audio out. If I switch to side bands, no problems. For a while I was fixing it the only way I knew how - A good whack - and it would usually start to work again. Latley that's not the case. It just does it intermittently and now whacks are working. Looking for a more technical solution :-)
Thanks,
Sticky |
Airplane1
Advanced Member
Username: Airplane1
Post Number: 542
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Friday, August 19, 2005 - 7:33 am: |
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I would take it to a tech in your area cause it sounds like you got a loose connection.
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Nobodyknows
Member
Username: Nobodyknows
Post Number: 72
Registered: 4-2005
| | Posted on Friday, August 19, 2005 - 10:53 am: |
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you could open up the case and key it up and wiggle things around in there (non metalic probe) when you find the neighborhood of the loose component then go to the solder side of the board and reheat the solder points and that should fix it. A tech would do about the same thing except he'd have a better idea of what neighborhood to wiggle stuff in.
I had the wack fix going on for my 148gtl-dx when my recieve audio would quit. WHACK and it came back on. haha.. I finally fixed it,(bad ext sp. jack) But that whack fix doesn't work forever.. |
Patzerozero
Senior Member
Username: Patzerozero
Post Number: 1256
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Friday, August 19, 2005 - 5:32 pm: |
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start by checking for solder problems at any points where mods may have been done, including mic connections/echo/talkback/roger beep, etc. & same points EVEN if no mods done, also check with another mic or just check mic plug 1st. |
Keith391
New member
Username: Keith391
Post Number: 2
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, August 20, 2005 - 5:00 pm: |
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Check and/or replace regulator. |
Sticky
New member
Username: Sticky
Post Number: 2
Registered: 8-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, August 21, 2005 - 9:25 am: |
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Had the radio repaired at a shop. Turned out to be the AM regulator. Thanks for everyones help. BTW, while the radio was in for service, I had him install additional channels above and below the standard 40. Don't know if anybody uses them much but I figured what the heck, it was only $35 total with the regulator repair. The most upper channels get me just into the 10 meter band (only 5 channels). All this was accomplished using the anl/nb switch and the tone switch. He gave me a chart for what configuration does what. Radio is now just locked on anl/nb and high tone which is where it always stayed anyway. Was this a good idea to have done or did I just throw some money away? Also he realign the radio, whatever that means.
Thanks again for everyones help,
Sticky |
Patzerozero
Senior Member
Username: Patzerozero
Post Number: 1274
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, August 21, 2005 - 9:54 am: |
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not a bad deal, sticky. the reg was a few bucks & everything else was labor. an hours work or so. |
Fusebreaker
Intermediate Member
Username: Fusebreaker
Post Number: 113
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, September 04, 2005 - 3:32 pm: |
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I would have the clarifier unlocked and maybe add a frequency counter then you got one heck of a radio there are also mods to gain even more range then 26.815 to 28.045 |
