[Premium-Rx] Premium-Rx] AR7030
Dan Robinson
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Sat Apr 25 11:42:16 EDT 2020
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> 1. Re: WJ-8711A Help Sought (w3jn at verizon.net)
> 2. Re: WJ-8711A Help Sought (W2HX)
> 3. AR7030 (Raymond Boute)
> 4. Re: Software (Fernando)
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>Message: 1
>Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 00:45:01 +0000 (UTC)
>From: w3jn at verizon.net
>To: "w2hx at w2hx.com" <w2hx at w2hx.com>, "premium-rx at mailman.qth.net"
> <premium-rx at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: Re: [Premium-Rx] WJ-8711A Help Sought
>Message-ID: <1369207185.472579.1587689101084 at mail.yahoo.com>
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>I'm using the Rev Q manual from Terry's site.? See page 4-25 on that
>manual, although that same table should be in your manual somewhere.
>
>Images below didn't come thru so I can't see what you're referencing.
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: W2HX <w2hx at w2hx.com>
>To: w3jn at verizon.net <w3jn at verizon.net>; premium-rx at mailman.qth.net
><premium-rx at mailman.qth.net>
>Sent: Thu, Apr 23, 2020 8:30 pm
>Subject: RE: [Premium-Rx] WJ-8711A Help Sought
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>John. The manual I am looking at may not be ri
>ght, but I found it on Terry O?s website. According to it, the errors
>are different than what you report?
>https://watkins-johnson.terryo.org/documents/manuals/WJ-8711A-receiver-manual-Rev-Z.pdf
>? Which manual are you using? ? ? Although, frankly, the ones you
>reported look easier to fix hihi! ? ? From: w3jn at verizon.net
><w3jn at verizon.net>
>Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2020 8:23 PM
>To: W2HX <w2hx at w2hx.com>; premium-rx at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: Re: [Premium-Rx] WJ-8711A Help Sought ? Eugene you have
>multiple errors going on with this radio. ? Table 4-6 in the manual
>lists the errors.? The number that it's displaying is the sum of the
>errors so you have ? 8192: PRESEL OVERLOAD 2048: RAM FAIL 1024: REF
>ERROR 256:? BAT ERROR ------- 11520 ? My 8711A seems to always report
>a ref error on power-on but the reference is definitely good.? Batt
>error is already being reported.? Does your display report the ref
>error? ? It doesn't appear you have the preselector so not sure why
>that's indicating an overload, unless there's a pulldown or pullup
>resistor that's bad. ? One thing about 8711s, the yellow tantalum caps
>tend to short.? Between my 8712 and my 8711A I can't count how many of
>those damn things I've replaced. ? You could try the COLD START
>procedure detailed in the manual to see if that clears things, but I'd
>replace the RAM battery first. ? Let us know how you progress. ? 73
>John ? ? ? ? -----Orig
> inal Message-----
>From: W2HX <w2hx at w2hx.com>
>To: premium-rx at mailman.qth.net <premium-rx at mailman.qth.net>
>Sent: Thu, Apr 23, 2020 7:29 pm
>Subject: [Premium-Rx] WJ-8711A Help Sought Hi friends, ? A few years
>ago, I picked up two WJ-8711A receivers. One looked nice in a desktop
>cabinet and the other was clearly a parts mule. ? Nice one:
>https://w2hx.com/x/Watkins%20Johnson/WJ-8711A/0423201757.jpg ? Both
>units with the parts mule atop the nice one that is out of its nice
>cabinet https://w2hx.com/x/Watkins%20Johnson/WJ-8711A/0423201903a.jpg
>? The nice one has some problems. BATT ERROR (no big deal, probably the
>coin cell needs replacing) and ERROR=11520 Any idea what ERROR=11520
>is?? But probably worse, or maybe related, is an awful squeal coming
>out of the speaker.. https://youtu.be/aVI5blTALZM ? Here are some
>internal pictures of the nice one.
>https://w2hx.com/x/Watkins%20Johnson/WJ-8711A/0423201848.jpg
>https://w2hx.com/x/Watkins%20Johnson/WJ-8711A/0423201850.jpg
>https://w2hx.com/x/Watkins%20Johnson/WJ-8711A/0423201850a.jpg ? Along
>with the parts mule, I also have tons of other parts including a spare
>board
>. https://w2hx.com/x/Watkins%20Johnson/WJ-8711A/0423201850b.jpg
>https://w2hx.com/x/Watkins%20Johnson/WJ-8711A/0423201852.jpg
>https://w2hx.com/x/Watkins%20Johnson/WJ-8711A/0423201853a.jpg ?
>interesting that the spare board uses a dallas cheerleader memory chip,
>whereas the nice one has some other chip in there (maybe EEPROM?). ?
>some heavy encoder knobs and little panel switches (the current knob is
>garbage, so light)
>https://w2hx.com/x/Watkins%20Johnson/WJ-8711A/0423201855a.jpg ? Then
>here is the inside of the parts mule:
>https://w2hx.com/x/Watkins%20Johnson/WJ-8711A/0423201907.jpg ? This
>project may be more than I care to take on, but I figure with a parts
>mule, extra digital board, other various bits and bytes, I might be
>able to make one working radio. So my question to the group is, anyone
>have a suggestion on the audio howl/squeal? And what should I know
>about that error? ? Thanks all! 73 Eugene W2HX ? ? ? ? ?
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>Message: 2
>Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 00:59:18 +0000
>From: W2HX <w2hx at w2hx.com>
>To: "w3jn at verizon.net" <w3jn at verizon.net>,
> "premium-rx at mailman.qth.net" <premium-rx at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: Re: [Premium-Rx] WJ-8711A Help Sought
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>sorry, I figured premium-rx would allow inline images. Maybe we should
>call it
>discount-rx at mailman.qth.net<mailto:discount-rx at mailman.qth.net>! hihi
>
>From: w3jn at verizon.net <w3jn at verizon.net>
>Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2020 8:45 PM
>To: W2HX <w2hx at w2hx.com>; premium-rx at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: Re: [Premium-Rx] WJ-8711A Help Sought
>
>I'm using the Rev Q manual from Terry's site. See page 4-25 on that
>manual, although that same table should be in your manual somewhere.
>
>Images below didn't come thru so I can't see what you're referencing.
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: W2HX <w2hx at w2hx.com<mailto:w2hx at w2hx.com>>
>To: w3jn at verizon.net<mailto:w3jn at verizon.net>
><w3jn at verizon.net<mailto:w3jn at verizon.net>>;
>premium-rx at mailman.qth.net<mailto:premium-rx at mailman.qth.net>
><premium-rx at mailman.qth.net<mailto:premium-rx at mailman.qth.net>>
>Sent: Thu, Apr 23, 2020 8:30 pm
>Subject: RE: [Premium-Rx] WJ-8711A Help Sought
>Thanks, John. The manual I am looking at may not be right, but I found
>it on Terry O?s website. According to it, the errors are different than
>what you report?
>https://watkins-johnson.terryo.org/documents/manuals/WJ-8711A-receiver-manual-Rev-Z.pdf
>
>Which manual are you using?
>
>
>Although, frankly, the ones you reported look easier to fix hihi!
>
>
>From: w3jn at verizon.net<mailto:w3jn at verizon.net>
><w3jn at verizon.net<mailto:w3jn at verizon.net>>
>Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2020 8:23 PM
>To: W2HX <w2hx at w2hx.com<mailto:w2hx at w2hx.com>>;
>premium-rx at mailman.qth.net<mailto:premium-rx at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: Re: [Premium-Rx] WJ-8711A Help Sought
>
>Eugene you have multiple errors going on with this radio.
>
>Table 4-6 in the manual lists the errors. The number that it's
>displaying is the sum of the errors so you have
>
>8192: PRESEL OVERLOAD
>2048: RAM FAIL
>1024: REF ERROR
>256: BAT ERROR
>-------
>11520
>
>My 8711A seems to always report a ref error on power-on but the
>reference is definitely good. Batt error is already being reported.
>Does your display report the ref error?
>
>It doesn't appear you have the preselector so not sure why that's
>indicating an overload, unless there's a pulldown or pullup resistor
>that's bad.
>
>One thing about 8711s, the yellow tantalum caps tend to short. Between
>my 8712 and my 8711A I can't count how many of those damn things I've
>replaced.
>
>You could try the COLD START procedure detailed in the manual to see if
>that clears things, but I'd replace the RAM battery first.
>
>Let us know how you progress.
>
>73 John
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: W2HX <w2hx at w2hx.com<mailto:w2hx at w2hx.com>>
>To: premium-rx at mailman.qth.net<mailto:premium-rx at mailman.qth.net>
><premium-rx at mailman.qth.net<mailto:premium-rx at mailman.qth.net>>
>Sent: Thu, Apr 23, 2020 7:29 pm
>Subject: [Premium-Rx] WJ-8711A Help Sought
>Hi friends,
>
>A few years ago, I picked up two WJ-8711A receivers. One looked nice in
>a desktop cabinet and the other was clearly a parts mule.
>
>Nice one:
>https://w2hx.com/x/Watkins%20Johnson/WJ-8711A/0423201757.jpg
>
>Both units with the parts mule atop the nice one that is out of its
>nice cabinet
>https://w2hx.com/x/Watkins%20Johnson/WJ-8711A/0423201903a.jpg
>
>The nice one has some problems. BATT ERROR (no big deal, probably the
>coin cell needs replacing) and ERROR=11520
>Any idea what ERROR=11520 is? But probably worse, or maybe related, is
>an awful squeal coming out of the speaker..
>https://youtu.be/aVI5blTALZM
>
>Here are some internal pictures of the nice one.
>https://w2hx.com/x/Watkins%20Johnson/WJ-8711A/0423201848.jpg
>https://w2hx.com/x/Watkins%20Johnson/WJ-8711A/0423201850.jpg
>https://w2hx.com/x/Watkins%20Johnson/WJ-8711A/0423201850a.jpg
>
>Along with the parts mule, I also have tons of other parts including a
>spare board.
>https://w2hx.com/x/Watkins%20Johnson/WJ-8711A/0423201850b.jpg
>https://w2hx.com/x/Watkins%20Johnson/WJ-8711A/0423201852.jpg
>https://w2hx.com/x/Watkins%20Johnson/WJ-8711A/0423201853a.jpg
>
>interesting that the spare board uses a dallas cheerleader memory chip,
>whereas the nice one has some other chip in there (maybe EEPROM?).
>
>some heavy encoder knobs and little panel switches (the current knob is
>garbage, so light)
>https://w2hx.com/x/Watkins%20Johnson/WJ-8711A/0423201855a.jpg
>
>Then here is the inside of the parts mule:
>https://w2hx.com/x/Watkins%20Johnson/WJ-8711A/0423201907.jpg
>
>This project may be more than I care to take on, but I figure with a
>parts mule, extra digital board, other various bits and bytes, I might
>be able to make one working radio. So my question to the group is,
>anyone have a suggestion on the audio howl/squeal? And what should I
>know about that error?
>
>Thanks all!
>73 Eugene W2HX
>
>
>
>
>
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>Message: 3
>Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2020 11:46:16 +0200
>From: Raymond Boute <raymond.boute at pandora.be>
>To: premium-rx at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: [Premium-Rx] AR7030
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>Dear All,
>
>Does anyone know where one can find the files that used to be on the
>(floppy) disk contained in the SM7039 Service Kit?
>
>73
>Raymond ON4DBV
>
>
>
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>Message: 4
>Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2020 16:36:47 +0100
>From: Fernando <rumbek at gmail.com>
>To: Marc Christian <marc at telfordelectronics.co.uk>
>Cc: Premium-Rx at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: Re: [Premium-Rx] Software
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>Hi Marc,
>
>My experience with Ham Radio Deluxe (HRD) is a positive one. There is
>an
>excellent database of broadcasting and utility stations (ILG) you can
>subscribe to, not too expensive, which plugs into
>HRD.
>
>73
>
>Fernando EA4BB
>
>On Thu, 23 Apr 2020 at 10:04, Marc Christian
><marc at telfordelectronics.co.uk>
>wrote:
>
>> Morning Group.
>>
>> Looking for recommendations for Software for
>> Controlling P.C Based Communications Receivers
>>
>> Thanks Marc Christian
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