[SixClub] Kenwood TS-60 Frequency readout issues

[Bill Cotter]

Sounds like a connector issue, in particular in the LCD dept.

73 Bill N4LG


At 09:32 PM 3/17/2009, you wrote:
>My TS-60 had not been used for a few months,just riding along in 
>the rack mounted in my truck. I moved it into the shack last week 
>to get ready for summer band-openings and when I powered it up 
>there was no freq readout,either from memory or VFO. All the other 
>functions are visible and seem to operate. If I very slowly rotate 
>the VFO the readout will flash 51.000 for just a second and as I 
>continue to dial I get 49.999. If I continue to dial slowly down 
>the band I can tune all the way to 40.000. The radio will hold any 
>frequency in that range when I power down and back up later so the 
>memory battery shouldn't be an issue. I did use a dummy load and 
>check output at low power. Yes it shows it is transmitting when 
>displaying the 40.00-49.999 range.
>
>Anyone have any ideas??
>Larry
>KG4ZAR
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