[PCR-1000] Infos

Fri, 29 Mar 2002 12:46:44 +0200

Don't be worried about your English! Nothing much wrong with it - you should
try my Italian!:-)

Graham

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Marco Discacciati
Sent: 26 March 2002 17:31
To: [email protected]
Subject: [PCR-1000] Infos

Hello Bryce,

  I  read  your  message  on  the  QTH-Net  mailing list about PCR1000
  servicing, so I'm now bothering you asking some infos.

  I  got  a  problem  with  my  best  beloved receiver: one day it got
  basically  deaf,  only  noise  on  the  most  part of channels, some
  channel  absolutely  silent,  on  a specific channel selecting it it
  starts an upscanning. Puzzling.

  I got from the internet suggestion it could be an EEPROM corruption;
  as  I'm  using  TalkPCR and had a backup of the settings, I tried to
  rewrite  them; the prog does everything fine, but with no results on
  radio health.

  I  got  a  copy  of  the Ex2099 and related manual, so I could try a
  realignment,  but  I  wonder  if  this  could be an hardware related
  problem: maybe I got some static and the front-end could be damaged;
  if so, I can't try surface-mount repair by myself.

  I  live  in  Italy,  here we have an Icom importer but this nice guy
  doesn't take care of giving servicing to the products he's selling!

  So, these are the questions:

  1.  Could  you share your opinion on what could have happened to the
  radio and if I'm right trying the Ex2099?

  2.  Could  you let me know how to contact the Johannesburg servicing
  agency  you  mention  (as a student, I'm on a tight budget... if the
  solution  is to send the radio somewhere to get it repaired, well...
  US prices could kill my bank account!)

  Thanks for your time and please excuse my english.

Best regards,
  Marco

  mailto:[email protected]

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