[Kenwood] TS-850 low sensitivity

Sat, 8 Nov 2003 20:29:45 -0000

Henry, in regards to the DC-DC converter, as far as
I know, that will only effect your transmit. I've had a
couple of them go out, and I don't believe you have
anything to be concerned about with it, since your
problem is with receive.

Mike K9MI

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Snelgrove" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2003 19:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Kenwood] TS-850 low sensitivity

> Henry
>
> Could this be it:
>
>
> "Low Receiver Sensitivity (from K7FR):  The only failure that
I had on
> either of my 850's was that one of the switching transistors
that muted the
> receiver during xmit went sour and wouldn't go all the way to
cut-off in
> receive. This had the effect of putting about 20dB of pad into
the
> receiver. This happened on both. The first one went out to be
fixed the
> second one I did myself.
>
> Low receiver sensitivity could also be related to the first
item on this
> list. Also, I noticed an interesting problem while at W5WMU
last time. One
> of the 850s that lives there was down in sensitivity from the
one I took
> with me. I am not sure what the problem is, yet. It could be
this switching
> transistor problem."
>
>
>
> bob
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> At 11:42 AM 11/8/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> >Hello, all-
> >I have been fighting a problem with my high serial # 850 for
several weeks
> >now. After combing thru all the archives and a couple emails
to Tree
> >concerning things on his website, here's where I am now- I'm
hoping
> >someone out there has some more suggestions.
> >After using the rig in WW in a M/S environment, I noticed
that sigs were
> >down about 15-20db from an adjacent 850. Especially on the
higher bands-
> >(10 was about dead.)Here's what I've done;
> >1. Checked RXb and TXB- rcv voltage is 7.95, and goes to 0 on
TX- same
> >with TXB.
> >2. Checked voltages on the SN74LS145 band decoder chip- had
some squirrely
> >voltages, decided to replace it, putting in a 16 pin socket
for future
> >repairs. Signals on 80 and 40 seemed louder, but still down
from the other
> >850. (also did the NB mod by clipping out the caps on the NB
board- a
> >dramatic improvement.)
> >3. Tree recommended checking the attenuator circuit- I found
that the
> >150ohm R2 on the RF board was open- After replacement, the
attenuators
> >work properly. But still low on all bands, thopugh there was
some
> >improvement.
> >4. Checked various voltages and diodes, all seemed within
tolerance,
> >expect the D31 test point on the rf board, which shows in the
service
> >manual that it should be 6.7v on rcvc, 4.8v on TX. Those
voltages measure
> >out to 7.4v on RX, 5.6v on TX (both high).
> >5. All 6631 chips are now 66312's (that was done months
ago.)I dont think
> >the problem is there.
> >6. I did check the AIP IC on the RF board (the 3900 board)- I
found 7.95
> >volts there on pin 4(RXB), but the 12v line is only at 11.5.
> >
> >The big questions- is there a way to boost the RXB/TXB
voltage with an
> >adjustment? Does this sound like an RF switch issue?  Source
for that 3900
> >board? Never had a DC-DC board changed- Maybe the problem
lies there? Any
> >other suggestions welcome. The rig is working much better
now, but still
> >a problem on all bands- still seems to be some sort of
attenuation on RX.
> >Still, TX is perfect; full power out, good audio reports.
> >
> >Another week and Clif gets work, but I feel like I'm really
close- 73,
> >Henry, W2DZO
> >Winston-Salem, NC
> >
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