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Dxuall
Junior Member
Username: Dxuall
Post Number: 30
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 21, 2004 - 9:44 pm: | 
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The other night i was talking on the radio (galaxy dx2547) then the high swr light came on during tx and the needle of the radio stoped working and nobady could hear me anymore i cannot use the radio what's wrong with it? I can receive just fine. |
Bruce
Senior Member
Username: Bruce
Post Number: 1911
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 21, 2004 - 11:59 pm: |
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Dxuall
Put another radio in the same room on the same channel and let me know it you can hear your radio trying to transmitt. |
Tech8541
Moderator
Username: Tech8541
Post Number: 249
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 22, 2004 - 1:46 am: |
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sounds like the finals took a dump on you |
Dxuall
Junior Member
Username: Dxuall
Post Number: 31
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, December 23, 2004 - 12:44 pm: |
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Yes a close by station said that they can barely hear me like two blocks away. the meter needle is not working at all. what happened??? and why??? Is this caused by high swr??? |
Dxuall
Junior Member
Username: Dxuall
Post Number: 32
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, December 23, 2004 - 12:53 pm: |
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I tried with my handheld scanner and yes i can hear me loud. will it cost alot of money to repair it? |
Chad
Member
Username: Chad
Post Number: 61
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, December 23, 2004 - 2:28 pm: |
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High SWR can cause the rig to poop out. Do you have a dummy load you can slap on it right quick? Mobile antenna with an extension?
Have you been tinkering with it?
Chad |
Dxuall
Junior Member
Username: Dxuall
Post Number: 33
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, December 23, 2004 - 7:41 pm: |
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probably high swr on the antenna |
Tech8541
Moderator
Username: Tech8541
Post Number: 250
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, December 23, 2004 - 11:05 pm: |
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well, if they can hear you at all, and you can hear this radio on your scanner then this means the radio is working up to the driver since this is the 1st modulated stage. and this is -assuming-that you are talking about am mode.
if this -is- the case, replacing the finals will solve your problem
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Dxuall
Junior Member
Username: Dxuall
Post Number: 34
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, December 25, 2004 - 4:45 pm: |
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ok thank you for your comments. |
That ELCO Guy (Unregistered Guest)
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Saturday, December 25, 2004 - 5:38 pm: |
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As to the cause...
While it is true that a very high Standing Wave Ratio will cause radios to go bad this problem should have been detectable prior to the actual radio going south. Just curious, poster do you keep a SWR meter in line at all times and monitor the SWR when you transmit from time to time?
May I suggest that you put a SWR meter on line and another radio to make sure that the poster does not also have to make repairs on the antenna and or the coax with its connectors. Be careful when you are doing this--keep the key down to the very shortest possible time. ONE accurate reading should suffice to tell if you have a major problem with the antenna and or the coax.
Better yet, poster buy a SWR station from our good board provider and keep this SWR station on line at all times so you can monitor anttna health.
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Dxuall
Junior Member
Username: Dxuall
Post Number: 35
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Monday, December 27, 2004 - 4:24 pm: |
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No i don't have one in line i will try to buy one. maybe too late now lol. |
