[Kenwood] At a loss on this Kenwood TS-950SDX

[Clif Holland]

Sure, resolder the resistors packs on the PLL unit.

Clif Holland KA5IPF
www.avvid.com




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paleo Pat" <tpblogeditor at gmail.com>
To: <kenwood at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2009 6:17 PM
Subject: [Kenwood] At a loss on this Kenwood TS-950SDX


> Hi Guys,
>
> I am at a loss on the Kenwood TS-950SDX....
>
> Me and my friend, Matt AC8AC, we put a new Variable Cap in the VCO 1 Box,
> which is infamous for the oxidation issue. I bought the part from Miles at
> AES... Tapped on that VCO 2 Unit with my and it was really made the radio
> crazy. Matt Removed that VCO 2 unit from the main board, and found like 8
> cold solider joints on the board. Not to mention the ones where the actual
> VCO 2 units metal casing attaches to the board itself...
>
> I thought we fixed it, and it is STILL freakin' screwed up.... Symptoms:
> Turn rig on and RX and TX is fine, lasts about 15 minutes and the RX and 
> TX
> both sound like their underwater.
>
> Its got to be something simple and stupid.... Anyone know what this could
> be... I'll do anything, hell, I'll even video the radio with the sounds 
> that
> it is making.... It's got to be heat related, because if I TX, it gets
> worse....
>
> Anyone had this problem before?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Chuck Adkins K8CPA
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