[GCARC] Technician Question

[Vinnie Sallustio]

OK. I did a little research and this radio is notorious for this problem according to eham. I would try to get your money back and purchased one of these. They are $130 after rebate:
http://www.hamradio.com/detail.cfm?pid=H0-010077
Vinnie N4NYY

> From: yankees_1996 at hotmail.com
> Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 18:05:55 -0400
> To: rfields25 at aol.com
> CC: gcarc at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [GCARC] Technician Question
> 
> The repair costs would be more than the cost of a new one. 
> 
> First think I would do is a factory default master reset.
> 
> After that, check to see if it has an internal battery. It might be bad. I have seen dead batteries to weird things. 
> 
> After that, it gets cost prohibitive. 
> 
> Vinnie N4NYY  
> 
> Vinnie Sallustio 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> > On Sep 19, 2014, at 6:00 PM, "Rfields25 via GCARC" <gcarc at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> > 
> > Good evening. I recently acquired a Yaesu 2600M 2 meter radio for the car.
> > It came with a cig plug so I plugged into my HD power supply for my 
> > TS-570S before trying it in the car. 
> > 
> > Lights up just fine, receives good, but every time I try to program it
> > screen says 13.8 volts. Does not blow any buses but shuts down
> > for a few seconds then pops back on. 
> > 
> > Any suggestions what might be and what can I do to get it 
> > working, Are there repair facilities for Yaesu available. Hate
> > to send it away since did not pay alot for it. 
> > 
> > Thanks for any suggestions you might have.
> > 
> > Bob Fields kC6AOH
> > rfields25 at aol.com
> > 484-680-3190
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