[Kenwood] TS-180S Mystery

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

What you have described is completely normal.

Either your coax connector or the coax itself is shorted.

Ken Gordon W7EKB


On 21 May 2010 at 13:16, Oscar Quintanilla wrote:

> Here is a mystery for your weekend.
> My TS-180S got powered up after the winter and seems to have developed a 
> strange anomaly.
> 
> When the center conductor of the antenna feed is connected to the 
> connector on the rear of the radio everything seems to be fine; the 
> receiver is very sensitive and loud.
> However; when the ground or outer conductor of the PL259 connector is 
> contacted, the receiver goes numb.
> 
> I measured the antenna for a short but found none. I then connected a 
> separate antenna and found the same effect.
> I have not attempted transmitting of course and have checked all other 
> possible settings.
> 
> Any ideas are appreciated.
> 
> Oscar
> KF6YB
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