-
You can now help support WorldwideDX when you shop on Amazon at no additional cost to you! Simply follow this Shop on Amazon link first and a portion of any purchase is sent to WorldwideDX to help with site costs.
Shakespeare fortress
- Thread starter rogodee
- Start date
If the Pll unlock lite is lit, it literally means that the PLL is unlocked.
When FCC changed the rules they tightened up the requirements and if you try to force the PLL to do something naughty it will unlock and kill the TX.
If it's unlocking with no alterations there is a fault.
The first thing that comes to mind is old dried out caps (I know you don't want to hear that but it is what it is) and I would recommend starting with recapping the radio .......
This is the most prevelvent cause of faults in a 45+ year old radio.
73
Jeff
Last edited:
You say it receives. Does it receive on frequency?
No schematic for that in my collection, but I would think that if it is out of lock, it is out of lock in RX too. You may hear static, but if you give it a signal on ch1, does it receive it or is it just static?
If it is just static and RX is off frequency too, I would check for the presence of the LO signals with another radio or whatever equipment you have.
No schematic for that in my collection, but I would think that if it is out of lock, it is out of lock in RX too. You may hear static, but if you give it a signal on ch1, does it receive it or is it just static?
If it is just static and RX is off frequency too, I would check for the presence of the LO signals with another radio or whatever equipment you have.
Yes it does rx just no tx. I swapped the pll box from the fortress with the one from my 455 and no issues, so that tells me the pll is ok. Funny thing is when I removed the pll box from the fortress the led stays lit regardless if the pll box is in the radio or not. I have also recapped all the boards in the fortress. The only caps I did not replace are on the radio chassis itself and the power supply board.