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RM Italy 203p amp
- Thread starter ROADTRAIN
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Well, without a clear picture of the guts to see it's pretty hard to say. RM does not have a schematic on their website, so it's impossible for me to say what's inside it to try to get an idea of what could be wrong. Based on the information at hand it sounds like you have a defective unit. I would try an RMA, but it sounds to me like HY isn't real interested in providing one.
RatsoW8
Supporting Member, W9WDX ARC Member - WD8T
Hey bigal...I had a 203 that had the same symptons. It' s the chepo .78 cent relay they use. I had to replace one in a 203 I own. Very simple to do and H&Y sold me the parts and it was no hassel at all buying the parts. Here's a link to a thread I posted for the repair.
http://www.worldwidedx.com/amplifiers/91765-rm-kl-203-repair.html
RatsoW8
Supporting Member, W9WDX ARC Member - WD8T
KL-203P
I am sorry, but the plain 203 without the preamp is not the same as the KL-203P. Inside the KL-203P is nothing like the plain 203. I did email RM and they emailed me back and said there is no pins to move in the KL-203P. When i slide the bottom off of it there is no pins at all, just like RM said. I no some ask me if i had it hooked up right. I have always hooked them up this way. Outside antenna to in on the meter, Out of the meter to in on the amp, Out of the amp to the radio. This is how i have my Plain 203 hooked up and it works just fine. I also have my Kicker K 500 hooked up the same way and it works just fine.
I am sorry, but the plain 203 without the preamp is not the same as the KL-203P. Inside the KL-203P is nothing like the plain 203. I did email RM and they emailed me back and said there is no pins to move in the KL-203P. When i slide the bottom off of it there is no pins at all, just like RM said. I no some ask me if i had it hooked up right. I have always hooked them up this way. Outside antenna to in on the meter, Out of the meter to in on the amp, Out of the amp to the radio. This is how i have my Plain 203 hooked up and it works just fine. I also have my Kicker K 500 hooked up the same way and it works just fine.
RatsoW8
Supporting Member, W9WDX ARC Member - WD8T
Can you hear the relay click when you apply rf to the amp? If not, chances are its the relay. Does it have a similar or same relay as I posted the link to?
KL-203P
Yes you can hear the relay click, But no power will come out of it. But i only have my radio set at 3 watts.
Yes you can hear the relay click, But no power will come out of it. But i only have my radio set at 3 watts.
RatsoW8
Supporting Member, W9WDX ARC Member - WD8T
3 watts is more than enough power to drive the 203p to at least 50 watts or more. Time to get a schematic and troubleshoot or send it back to whomever you bought it from.
will the relay click at a lower watt input? if so the sniffer cap for the keying circuit may be of the wrong value.
KL-203P
Will i have tried everything, and it still would not key up any power at all. So i have sent it back to H&Y. As of today 6/12/11 i have not heard anything at all from them. I know they got it OK because my tracking number said it was delivered. These people will not even return emails. I had to contact RM Italy in order to get H&Y to return emails. They did return RM Italy emails and in turn he would send them to me. They gave RM a RA number so i could return it. RM told me that it sounds like the amp is no good. So the only way i can get anything done is to go though RM and not H&Y. If i get my money back or an amp that does work, I will never do business with them again.
Will i have tried everything, and it still would not key up any power at all. So i have sent it back to H&Y. As of today 6/12/11 i have not heard anything at all from them. I know they got it OK because my tracking number said it was delivered. These people will not even return emails. I had to contact RM Italy in order to get H&Y to return emails. They did return RM Italy emails and in turn he would send them to me. They gave RM a RA number so i could return it. RM told me that it sounds like the amp is no good. So the only way i can get anything done is to go though RM and not H&Y. If i get my money back or an amp that does work, I will never do business with them again.
On my recent install, of my TS 500V, I left the 8 gauge negative as long as the positive cable and grounded it to the frame near the battery box, is there a benefit in terminating that lead earlier and grounding it in the cab?
RM Italy KL-203P
Here we go again. Just got another 203P and it is doing the very same thing as the first one i got. Just as soon as you turn it on the noise level will jump up just like it would if you would turn on the preamp. And the preamp is off. I still can not get it to throw out any power. Yes i have it on AM and not SSB, And yes i have it hooked up right. My 203 that i do have works just fine and my Palomar Elite 250HD works just fine and they are hooked up just the way the 203P was hooked up. RM Italy is no help and H&Y is no help. Can anyone give me some kind of ideal of what is going on.
Here we go again. Just got another 203P and it is doing the very same thing as the first one i got. Just as soon as you turn it on the noise level will jump up just like it would if you would turn on the preamp. And the preamp is off. I still can not get it to throw out any power. Yes i have it on AM and not SSB, And yes i have it hooked up right. My 203 that i do have works just fine and my Palomar Elite 250HD works just fine and they are hooked up just the way the 203P was hooked up. RM Italy is no help and H&Y is no help. Can anyone give me some kind of ideal of what is going on.
RatsoW8
Supporting Member, W9WDX ARC Member - WD8T
If the 203p is like the the 203 there is a jumper that needs to be moved inside. I think this was already mentioned in a earlier post. Mabye H&Y forgot to mod it. Just a thought.