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Toolman29
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Username: Toolman29

Post Number: 9
Registered: 12-2002
Posted on Friday, February 27, 2004 - 5:49 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

HELLO Tech: No Tx (No carrier/modulation). Only strong signal/audio picked up on RX (same signal/audio on all 40 channels regardless of channel selector position. RX audio louder when NB/AL on off. Get speaker squeal when touching solder side of audio chip. Mic and speaker ok. Have checked for good soldering overall.Using external speaker. Electrolytic caps? Have tested 119 & 122 caps. Advice/sugestions on what/where to check/test next. Pll chip suspect?
Need help....thanks Toolman29
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Cannonballv
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Post Number: 6
Registered: 9-2003
Posted on Saturday, February 28, 2004 - 12:09 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Have you hooked it up to a frequency counter to see if it is actually on the same freq on all channels?
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Tech8541
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Username: Tech8541

Post Number: 104
Registered: 12-2003
Posted on Saturday, February 28, 2004 - 10:31 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

sorry, no one part comes to my mind right now. the fact that you have no tx and the rx is acting crazy -could- be a pll related issue. like c.bally asked, do you have a freq counter?
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Bulldog369
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Post Number: 36
Registered: 2-2004
Posted on Saturday, February 28, 2004 - 11:09 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

sounds like a pll problem to me.. is this an older or one of the nw 29??? but i would have to guess it is the pll...
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Crafter
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Username: Crafter

Post Number: 933
Registered: 12-2002
Posted on Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 12:03 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Does to me too, PLL.
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Cannonballv
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Post Number: 7
Registered: 9-2003
Posted on Friday, March 05, 2004 - 8:53 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Sounds like you may want to try to resolder the VCO area. The waxy area on the left on the componet side. But make sure it is off freq with a counter as well.

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