[Kenwood] TS-940S Info?

Fri, 22 Mar 2002 09:18:18 -0600

The timer lets you set a time for the radio to turn on and also TURN OFF.
Sometimes when nothing is et it will not power up.

Check the small switch next to the antenna connector if it will not rx.

Clif Holland, KA5IPF
AVVid
Authorized Kenwood and Icom Amateur Service
www.avvid.com
1-800-214-5779

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Cook" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 5:41 PM
Subject: [Kenwood] TS-940S Info?

> I have a buddy who has a TS-940S and hasn't been able to use it for about
3
> years. He claims to have the user's manual, but it's buried under years of
> debris in his shack. I'm wondering if someone out there might be able to
> give me some advice.
>
> The first symptom was the power wouldn't come on when the Power switch was
> pushed. I tinkered around and found that by clicking the Timer switch
right
> next to it, the power switch then worked. What is the purpose of the Timer
> switch, and is this normal behavior?
>
> The second symptom is that, once power is on, it doesn't receive or
> transmit. There's a roar of white noise from the receiver, but nothing
from
> the ether. I checked the band with an HW-16 sitting next to it (yeah, it's
a
> real museum), hear signals, tune the TS-940 to the same frequency, but
hear
> nothing. By the same token, there's not a peep of power when I try to tune
> it for transmit. I'm wondering if it might be something like a blown T/R
> relay, but without the manual/schematics I can't go beyond a guess. Is
this
> a problem someone out there may have experienced before?
>
> Thanks in advance for any info and 73 to all,
>
> -- Dave, WA0TTN in Seattle
>
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