[Kenwood] TM-641 Transmit Issue.

[Gary V. Smith]

Thanks, Clif.  That is good to know.  I guess I 
was presuming that the power meter was an 
indication of some output activity.  I was more 
interested in what a couple of other radios tuned 
to the same frequency were indicating.

73,
Gary

At 08:12 PM 12/7/2014, you wrote:
>Just as a note; If you are depending on the 
>internal power meter to indicate power out, it 
>doesn't. The processor tells it to light all 
>bars in high power, some in mid power, and less 
>in low power. No power reading involved.
>
>On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 6:31 PM, Gary V. Smith 
><<mailto:gvsmith5 at frontier.com>gvsmith5 at frontier.com> wrote:
>Hello Bob,
>
>I'm sending this via the reflector because 
>whenever I've sent you a message direct to your 
>e-mail address it gets bounced.  It appears 
>that you are getting the messages but I'm never 
>quite sure.  I replied to your message in which 
>you sent the service manual.  "Sorry for the 
>delay in replying but we were out of town most 
>of the day.  I've got a local fellow that's had 
>a fair amount of experience with the 
>641/642/741/742 models and is going to walk me 
>through some diagnostics.  I don't have much in 
>the way of anything more than basic test 
>equipment so I guess it'll be mostly touch and 
>feel..hi..hi.  I'll keep you posted on what we 
>find out but at this point I'm looking at the 
>final as it appears that the driver is 
>working.  It's odd though that when I key any 
>other radio on a frequency that frequency shows 
>up on my freq counter but when I key the 641, 
>and although it transmits a signal that other 
>radios pick up, nothing shows on the freq 
>counter.  I'm not sure what that is telling me if anything."
>
>Since I wrote that we've done the diagnostic and 
>it appears that it is the final.  My advisor 
>has had trouble with the final in one of his 
>742s over the years.  He's had to replace it 
>three times in one rig.  So now I just have to 
>muster up the courage to tackle the replacement 
>procedure myself..hi..hi.  The service manual 
>you sent me will be a great guide to what I have to do.  Many thanks.
>
>I also want to thank the other fellows on the 
>reflector who offered help with my problem.  Best wishes to all.
>
>73,
>Gary
>
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