[Kenwood] TS 830s with dead bands

Mon, 05 Jan 2004 05:37:16 +0000

Mine too, for about 6-9 months, I finally had to replace the bandswitch 
wafer section.

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>From: Les Severson <[email protected]>
>To: Dave Leisman <[email protected]>
>CC: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [Kenwood] TS 830s with dead bands
>Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2004 22:43:37 -0600
>
>Dave,
>
>Having had a similar problem with my 830,  I found that cleaning all the 
>bandswitch sections with Deoxit solved
>all my problems..
>73,  Les,  W�OJH
>
>
>Dave Leisman wrote:
>
>>I need the hep of some with more experience than me on this one.  I have 
>>an 830s and everthing was fine a couple of weeks ago, and yesterday I turn 
>>the rig on and suddenly I can no longer receive anything on 160m, 17m, and 
>>10m (28.0 - 28.5 only is dead; the remainder of 10m is fine).  Now, when I 
>>say "no longer receive" I mean the radio goes absolutely silent (hissing 
>>from the audio can still be heard), but the dial goes dark, no signals are 
>>received (even the calibrator can't be heard), and there isn't any 
>>transmit on the dead bands either.
>>
>>The other bands are just fine receive and transmit.
>>
>>I don't even know where to start so some advice would be appreciated.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Dave, W8QW
>>
>>
>>
>>
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