FIXED-----------Kenwood TS430s
I just got a TS430s and the dial would not dial in a freq. (the buttons on the top of the mic work) The previous owner thought it might be the encoder, so he bought a new one and included it when I bought the rig.
When I changed the encoder out, I powered it up with power + A=B buttons.
Now the program display is outta control. It is almost as it was scanning through all channels.
Any ideas on what to do next?
Thanks
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Before I did anything drastic, a buddy of mine told me that his Dad once had a problem similar to this one. He told me that his Dad took the back of the encoder off and sprayed a little electronics cleaner.
When it dried, he put it all back together and reinstalled it and 'voila' it worked just fine.
His reasoning was that depending on the previous owners cleaning habits, dirt/dust/gunk/crap somehow got inside and did not let the 'lasers' do what they needed to.
Anyhow------------it's fixed. Chalk it up to old timer knowledge.
I just got a TS430s and the dial would not dial in a freq. (the buttons on the top of the mic work) The previous owner thought it might be the encoder, so he bought a new one and included it when I bought the rig.
When I changed the encoder out, I powered it up with power + A=B buttons.
Now the program display is outta control. It is almost as it was scanning through all channels.
Any ideas on what to do next?
Thanks
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
Before I did anything drastic, a buddy of mine told me that his Dad once had a problem similar to this one. He told me that his Dad took the back of the encoder off and sprayed a little electronics cleaner.
When it dried, he put it all back together and reinstalled it and 'voila' it worked just fine.
His reasoning was that depending on the previous owners cleaning habits, dirt/dust/gunk/crap somehow got inside and did not let the 'lasers' do what they needed to.
Anyhow------------it's fixed. Chalk it up to old timer knowledge.
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