[Alinco] new to list and need help with an Alinco DJ 580

Sun, 9 Feb 2003 17:40:10 -0600

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From: <[email protected]>

> I'm new to the list and by looking at the old messages on the list..looks lie
> an interesting hangout.

  Thankyouverymuch. :-) We try to keep it that way.

> I've got an Alinco DJ 580 that has recently gonne berzerk,nutso,a mind of its
> own. It beeps,scans,changes frequencies on its own...it will occassionally
> transmit when you press the PTT.It will only display one band at a time...not
> both,the key pad appears to be "locked"and there is no opening of the
> squelch. The radio is only somewhat functional after turning it on and off
> several times.
> I've even tryed resetting the radio by pressing the "function" key and
> holding it down while turning the radio on.....no change at all.
> Has anyone run into this problem before and what is the fix other than
> replacing those affected circuit boards? I'll even go as far as swaping a
> known good micropressor and IF board with the one on my radio.
> Its a hamfest bought radio...and I'm almost certain that the repair will be
> more than the $100 that I have in the radio. Its a great rig...hate that I
> cant use the thing now.

  Well, I hate to say it, but it sounds like the CPU is lost. Either the
programming is shot, or the radio was subjected to some negative
G-forces that either cracked a board or lifted a surface-mount solder
joint. Neither prospect sounds good. Not sure how to advise you.
I did do a repair on a DR-570 mobile rig, it would not store any
memories at all, turns out that it had a bad circuit land between
the MR switch and the specific lead on the CPU... took a few tries
to solder in a #32 wire jumper but was eventually successful. :-)
(But that was with a good SMS soldering station at my work QTH,
definitely not at home!)

> Bob Carter
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