12 MAINTENANCE
The transceiver has low | 1 | The MIC gain control and/or CAR | 1 | Increase the MIC gain control and/or | 29, 30, |
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| the mode being used. Review the | 41 |
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| "COMMUNICATING" chapter for the |
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| mode being used. |
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| 2 | Poor antenna system connections are | 2 | Check antenna connections. Confirm | 49 |
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| causing high SWR. |
| that the antenna tuner is reporting a low |
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| SWR. |
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VOX does not operate. | The VOX gain is set too low. | Increase Menu No. 28 (VOX.GAIN). | 45 | ||
Linear amplifier does not | 1 | The LINEAR Menu setting is incorrect. | 1 | Set Menu No. 51 (LINEAR) according to | 5 |
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| instructions in "INSTALLATION". |
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| 2 | The REMOTE connector wiring is wrong | 2 | Inspect the REMOTE connector wiring | 5 |
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Turning the RIT/XIT | The Transmit Incremental Tuning function is | Press [XIT] to switch ON the function. | 45 | ||
control has no affect on | switched OFF. | Using the XIT function does not change the |
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the transmit frequency. |
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| main frequency display; XIT only changes |
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| the RIT/XIT display. |
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You cannot access and | 1 | The repeater requires a Tone frequency | 1 | Review "FM REPEATER OPERATION" | 38 |
use 10 meter band |
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| and select the correct frequency and |
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repeaters. |
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| type of Tone. |
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| 2 | You are not operating split frequency. | 2 | You must transmit on the repeaterÕs | 38 |
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| input frequency and receive on the |
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| repeaterÕs output frequency. Refer to |
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| "FM REPEATER OPERATION". |
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Digital operation results | 1 | Physical connections between the | 1 | 6, 7 | |
in few or no connects or |
| transceiver, computer, and TNC or MCP |
| manual, your TNC/MCP manual, and |
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contacts with other |
| are incorrect, or software settings in the |
| your computer hardware manual as |
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stations. |
| TNC or MCP are wrong. |
| references. |
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| 2 | Different transmit and receive | 2 | Confirm that the RIT and XIT functions | 44, 45 |
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| frequencies are being used. |
| are switched OFF. Confirm that you are |
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| NOT operating split frequency. |
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| 3 | The levels between the transceiver and | 3 | Adjust TX and RX levels using Menu | 25, 41 |
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| the TNC/MCP are incorrect. |
| Nos. 20 (PKT.IN) and 21 (PKT.OUT) and |
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| level controls on your TNC/MCP. |
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| 4 | Your transmitted signal or the incoming | 4 | Reorient/relocate your antenna or | Ð |
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| receive signal is too weak. |
| increase your antenna gain. |
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| 5 | The TX delay time parameter in your | 5 | Set the TNC/MCP TX delay time to | Ð |
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| TNC/MCP is set incorrectly. |
| more than 300 ms. |
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Attempts at controlling | 1 | Your | 1 | Correct the cable. | 83 |
the transceiver by a |
| transceiver with the computer is wired |
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computer have failed. |
| incorrectly. |
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| 2 | Communications parameters set in your | 2 | Use the same parameters in the | 50 |
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| terminal program do not match the |
| terminal program and the transceiver. |
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| parameters in the transceiver. |
| Refer to "COMMUNICATION |
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| PARAMETERS". |
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| 3 | If using a third party terminal program | 3 | Obtain a terminal program that fully | 85, 89 |
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| computer, it is not accurately interfacing |
| designing your own program, refer to |
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| with the transceiver COM port protocol. |
| information in "COMPUTER CONTROL |
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| COMMANDS". |
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| 4 | The serial port on your computer is not | 4 | Disconnect the computer from the | Ð |
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| functioning correctly. |
| transceiver, and run a utility program to | |
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| test the computer serial port. Loop back |
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| the computer serial port transmit and |
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| receive pins to test the port fully. |
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