I've been using the TX-500 for about a couple months now, including digital modes without and problems until I started running into two problems on the last two outings.? I am running a GPD Pocket 2 laptop with a sabrent USB soundcard and cabling built as the instructions recommend.
When running WSJTX and Winlink, the first problem I had was that the radio would not unkey after the end of the TX, forcing me to restart the radio. Note that shortly before this, the CAT Usb plug poped apart and I reattached it and secured it with some electrical tape.? That problem has (most of the time) somehow resolved itself although I still have problems from time to time.
On yesterday's outing, the problem I had was that the output power displayed on the radio would drop to 0% after about 3 seconds of TXing on each transmission, suggesting that it was receiving no audio.? After several attempts, it stopped putting out ANY power during TX.? I've tried different cables, different soundcard, same results. Nothing has changed in the software setup in the programs I'm using. Also, yesterday?during operation, upon TXing one time, the frequency display changed from the frequency counter to something like (pwc,,,, ppp,,, w, c,,,,,).? Restarting the radio a couple times fixed this problem.
What do you guys think??
