[Kenwood] TS-930S Erratic VFO (Encoder problem?)

[Bill Tippett]

At 09:53 AM 5/29/03 -0400, WB4UNA wrote:
>Bill, If you take the top and bottom covers off the 930 and turn the radio 
>upside down and look in the middle of the radio, behind and under the VFO 
>knob you will see to small pots...these are the 2 pots that control the 
>encoder...sometimes you can move these just a little and the problem will 
>go away..you might have to spray a good cleaner on them before you move 
>them..they become dirty and by moving them justa little back and forth you 
>will make contact again and all is well.....good luck

         Wow...thanks Randy!  That worked like a charm!  The two
pots (VR1 and VR2 in the encoder adjustment procedure) are
on the tiny pc board (RF Encoder Unit X54-1690-00) directly under
the VFO assembly.  They are tiny but visible through two holes in the
upper left area of the pc board as you view it from the front.  I simply
sprayed a shot of TV Tuner Cleaner into both holes, noted their
positions and using a small jeweler's screwdriver, moved both pots
and returned them to their original positions.  Both seemed to be
stuck since it took more torque than I expected to budge them, but
everything works fine after returning them to their original positions.

         I'm copying this to the Kenwood reflector for their archives.
Thanks you again to Carolina DX Association member WB4UNA who
replied to my post on our local CDXA reflector.

                                         73,  Bill  W4ZV