15 TROUBLESHOOTING

Problem

Probable Cause

Corrective Action

Ref. Page

 

 

 

 

Repeater cannot be

1 Wrong tone frequency is selected.

1 Press [F], [TONE] to select a

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accessed.

 

proper repeater access tone.

 

 

2 Wrong repeater offset frequency

2 Access Menu No. 6 (OFFSET)

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is selected.

and select an appropriate shift

 

 

 

frequency.

 

 

3 Wrong shift direction is selected.

3 Try other shift directions.

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DTMF tone cannot be

DTMF Lock is ON.

Access Menu No. 14 (DTMF LOCK)

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transmitted.

 

and select “OFF”.

 

 

 

 

 

Repeater does not

DTMF tone duration is too short.

Access Menu No. 11 (DTMF SPD)

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accept your DTMF

 

and select “SLOW”.

 

tones.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transceiver trasmits

VOX function is ON.

Press [F], [SQL] to turn the VOX

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without pressing the

 

function OFF.

 

PTT switch.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The transceiver

The Automatic Power Off (APO)

Access Menu No. 18 (APO) and

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switches OFF for no

function is programmed.

turn the APO function OFF.

 

apparent reason.

 

 

 

The output power is

The temperature of the transceiver’s

Turn the transceiver OFF or let the

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reduced and the “H”

chassis becomes too high to transmit

transceiver cool down in the receive

 

icon blinks.

at high output power. The internal

mode for a while.

 

 

thermal protection circuits lowered

 

 

 

the output power level.

 

 

The transceiver returns

The transmission time exceeded

The built-in time-out timer cancels the

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to receive mode after a

10 minutes.

transmission if you continuously

 

long transmission.

 

transmit for over 10 minutes. You

 

 

 

cannot turn this function OFF. It is

 

 

 

necessary to protect the transceiver

 

 

 

from the thermal damage.

 

 

 

 

 

The scan function does

You have selected “SEEK” for Menu

Select either “TIME” or “CARRIER”

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not resume the

No. 1 (SCAN RESUME).

for Menu No. 1 (SCAN RESUME).

 

scanning after the

 

 

 

transceiver detects a

 

 

 

signal.

 

 

 

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