[Kenwood] TS 950SD

[w7aj at charter.net]

I'm pleased to say that with the help I received regarding my 950 problem, the reference to the VCO 2 probelm was also  my problem.  The test point 2 next to the VCO2 was reading about 0.680 volts.  By turning the trimmer several times to remove any oxidation, the 950 came back to life.  I set the voltage to 5.0 vdc and all appears to be okay again.
This is the only problem in about sixteen years of ownership.  One exception to that however was three pot. connections in the auto tuner that had never been soldered at the factory.
Thanks for the help!
Mike W7AJ


> > Subject: [Kenwood] TS 950SD
> >
> >
> > I have lost the frequency display on my 950.  Turning the dial will 
> > cause the display to return for about one second then the cw coded 
> > message "UL" is sent and the frequency display goes out again.  I 
> > assume that the "UL" means the frequency synthesizer is "unlocked".
> > Any ideas where to start my search?
> > Resetting the microprocessor does not help.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Mike W7AJ
> 
> *Hi Mike..
> Check out  Jeff King's site at   
> http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~jaking/TS-950sdx.htm
>  Jeff has done a great job of collecting all sorts of useful info for 
> SDX users.
>   Scroll down his page to "VCO2 Problems" This one seems the most likely 
> cause of your problem.
> Vy 73
>     John EI7BA  http://www.iol.ie/~bravo/*
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