[Premium-Rx] WJ-8718 Tuning Problem

[ToddRoberts2001 at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/3/2004 10:36:39 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
Craig.Anderson at saintpaul.edu writes:
I acquired another WJ-8718 (the price was right) and to my dismay it has a 
strange anomaly.  I can tune the radio normally but when it hits 10 MHz it 
resets the radio back to 00.000 and then I can tune it again up to 10 MHz and it 
will do the same thing.  If I tune it fast up to 10 MHz instead of resetting 
back to 00.000 it jumps to 29.XXXX.  Go figure!
 
Must be something in the counter chain so I wonder if anyone else has seen a 
similar problem.  I cleaned all of the board edge connectors and reseated them 
but that did not resolve the problem.
 
W9CLA
Hi Craig, I would guess the next step would be to start swapping boards 
involved with frequency selection/counting one-at-a-time with your good working  
8718 and see if you can isolate the problem board. Once you hit the right board 
you may be able to determine the bad IC/component or at least narrow things 
down. If the IC's are available/not too expensive you may have to start 
replacing IC's until you hit the right one. Good luck! Todd Roberts WD4NGG.