Re: No Audio
Any idea how much power was being put out when you press the tone button? In firmware updates it's been set to reduce power to 50%. I wonder if RF got back into the rig at a level high enough to
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Pete Millis
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#3297
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Re: No Audio
Mine suffered an audio failure like that after less than a week of ownership. Supplier replaced it but that was within 7-days. Does sound like an audio chip failure. Contact support I guess or your
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George MM0JNL
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#3296
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Re: Tune knob faulting
At least these are now made in the UAE so that gets the Russian lelement out of the supply loop. I certainly would not like to head in with a soldering iron with about 99% SMC in there...
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George MM0JNL
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#3295
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Re: New products
Maybe interested in the amp. Not clear if any tuner integrated with amp (where it needs to be, after PA). Not interested in "channels" as a HF CW op... want the VFO knob. If they want to market also
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Norm - KC1BMD
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#3294
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Re: Tx-500 with dynamic heil headset?
If I remember correctly it does work straight out of the box, however the wiring of the sockets on the OEM headset adapter was not standard and required a stereo male to mono female 3.5mm adapter. I
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AH6K - Marc
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#3293
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Re: Tx-500 with dynamic heil headset?
The ic version works great but you¡¯ll need the W2ENY adapter and push to talk. With that it¡¯s all plug and play W2ENY Design Services w2eny.com Nick Smith KJ7NWK 5035803604
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Nick Smith NT3S
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#3292
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Re: Tx-500 with dynamic heil headset?
Sorry if this has already been answered but does the IC version work straight out of the box?
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Andy M0DEL
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#3291
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Re: New products
The translation ms are in the comments below each photo
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AH6K - Marc
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#3290
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Re: New products
Someone supposedly posted translations but I didn't see any, even clicking on the images. -- 73, Norm/KC1BMD
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Norm - KC1BMD
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#3289
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Re: New products
It was posted on the TX-500 lab599 Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/429529321032697/permalink/1215297199122568/?mibextid=W9rl1R
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AH6K - Marc
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#3288
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Re: New products
Where are you seeing this ? i dont see anything on their websites
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VA3SYS
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#3287
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Re: New products
LAB599 | ?PRODUCTS MANUFACTURED BY LABORATORY 599 LLC Power amplifier RA-500 Power amplifier for transceivers of the TX-500 and Altai ATU series increases the output power up to 100 watts, which
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AH6K - Marc
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#3286
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New products
From a recent photo on the FB group, it appears that Lab599 has been busy now with three variants of the transceiver: the original Discovery TX-500, the TX-500PRO and the Altai-ATU which has no-VFO
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Dan VK2NAD
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#3285
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Re: Tune knob faulting
That was my point and I did look at the image you sent. -- 73, Norm/KC1BMD
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Norm - KC1BMD
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#3284
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Re: Tune knob faulting
Tom, I think if you look at the image I sent you that you can see that they are not trying to hid the electronic components, as the component numbers are fully available in the image. I don't think
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Larry Guillot
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#3283
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Re: Tune knob faulting
When I worked for HP and after the product repair strategy largely changed from component level repair (with thru-hole components) to board exchange, the customers reacted negatively. The strategy was
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Norm - KC1BMD
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#3282
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Re: Tune knob faulting
I¡¯ve worked on smaller stuff without specialized tools, but if someone wasn¡¯t that confident they could use a rig like the one on p.37 of the Feb 2009 QST by KE6F to do it. Every so often someone
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Thomas Tumino
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#3281
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Re: Tune knob faulting
Tom, I'm sending you a link to a image of the TX-500 board. I think that you will agree that any work on this board would be problematic.
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Larry Guillot
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#3280
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Re: Tune knob faulting
Tom, As I said, there are a few exceptions... Tuning knobs can be one of those. The key element here is that it's single board surface mount FRU. With few exceptions, if anything of consequence goes
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Larry Guillot
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#3279
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Re: Tune knob faulting
Interesting. But you know every other manufacturer is also doing surface mount yet they still issue service manuals. And certainly a tuning knob is not a surface mount component. Perhaps with enough
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Thomas Tumino
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#3278
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