Hello all, I have a transmit/power out put problem. I was talking on the 142 yesterday, barefoot about 10 watts. Out of the blue I lost my carrier and modulation.
If I turn the radio off and turn it back on and key up right away the meter will swing up to about 5 watts and within 20-30 seconds the meter slowly drops down to 0. During the 20-30 second time period I am able to transmit and I'm told it sounds like it normally does, but drops down to 0 output. No carrier, no modulation. The person I am talking to can hear the audio gradually get worse until I drop totally. After everything drops out and I turn the radio on and off I have another 20-30 seconds to talk before I have to shut it down again.
8 out of 10 times that I turn the radio off and on again the radio will not even key up (no transmit light) and sometimes when I key the mic the transmit and receive light flash on and off.
I should mention that I was using a studio mic and a mixer wired to the audio wire in a stock mic to to key up. I was having no issues.
I'm not even able to check SWR's,
Would this be the finals? Caps?
Very odd how it's fine for 20-30 seconds....
The receive has also cut out twice, without me touching anything but if I turn the radio off and on again the receive is back????
Anybody have a clue? Help....
-Stovepipe
If I turn the radio off and turn it back on and key up right away the meter will swing up to about 5 watts and within 20-30 seconds the meter slowly drops down to 0. During the 20-30 second time period I am able to transmit and I'm told it sounds like it normally does, but drops down to 0 output. No carrier, no modulation. The person I am talking to can hear the audio gradually get worse until I drop totally. After everything drops out and I turn the radio on and off I have another 20-30 seconds to talk before I have to shut it down again.
8 out of 10 times that I turn the radio off and on again the radio will not even key up (no transmit light) and sometimes when I key the mic the transmit and receive light flash on and off.
I should mention that I was using a studio mic and a mixer wired to the audio wire in a stock mic to to key up. I was having no issues.
I'm not even able to check SWR's,
Would this be the finals? Caps?
Very odd how it's fine for 20-30 seconds....
The receive has also cut out twice, without me touching anything but if I turn the radio off and on again the receive is back????
Anybody have a clue? Help....
-Stovepipe
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