Tom,
My guess on this would be: 1. They are Russian and don't go by the norm.
2. It's a single board, surface mount technology FRU. They may not see
the need to have a maintenance manual since it's mostly a board
replacement and the rest will have to be handled at the depot, with very
little exceptions. Frankly, the majority of the work on surface mount
FRU, has to be done at the manufacturer, so I'm certain that's what they
are thinking.
Larry, WG9U
Thomas Tumino wrote on 4/11/2023 8:26 AM:
In my mind, to not publish a service manual is really against the ethos
of Ham Radio. ?Isn’t ham radio all about experimenting, learning, and
tinkering? Fixing, modifying l, and building gear is really part of ham
radio. ?
I don’t know of any ham manufacturer that hasn’t published a
service manual for their gear. ?Many charge for the manual, but to not
publish one at all??! ?Not cool Lab599.
A service manual is especially important for a small, new
company. ?No one wants gear that may become unserviceable due to a lack
of a service manual if the company stops or can no longer support the
owners in the future. ?
Perhaps one reason why
people are reporting slow repairs from the US facility is that even they
don’t have a service manual…
Can someone with
some inside connection to Lab599 try to get them to release the service
manual in some fashion? I for one am happy to pay for it as long as it’s
priced reasonably. ?
73, Tom, N2YTF? Sent by phone, please forgive my brevity and poor typing. On Apr 11, 2023, at 8:39 AM, Norm
- KC1BMD <noka@...> wrote:
?On Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 07:26 AM, Thomas
Tumino wrote:
Has Lab599 released a service manual for the rig? Anyone
have a link to it?
If they did, I would think it would be on the web site ( Downloads
section) but I only see a "User" manual. ? -- 73, Norm/KC1BMD
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In my mind, to not publish a service manual is really against the ethos of Ham Radio. ?Isn’t ham radio all about experimenting, learning, and tinkering? Fixing, modifying l, and building gear is really part of ham radio. ?
I don’t know of any ham manufacturer that hasn’t published a service manual for their gear. ?Many charge for the manual, but to not publish one at all??! ?Not cool Lab599.
A service manual is especially important for a small, new company. ?No one wants gear that may become unserviceable due to a lack of a service manual if the company stops or can no longer support the owners in the future. ?
Perhaps one reason why people are reporting slow repairs from the US facility is that even they don’t have a service manual…
Can someone with some inside connection to Lab599 try to get them to release the service manual in some fashion? I for one am happy to pay for it as long as it’s priced reasonably. ?
73, Tom, N2YTF? Sent by phone, please forgive my brevity and poor typing.
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On Apr 11, 2023, at 8:39 AM, Norm - KC1BMD <noka@...> wrote:
?On Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 07:26 AM, Thomas Tumino wrote:
Has Lab599 released a service manual for the rig? Anyone have a link to it?
If they did, I would think it would be on the web site ( Downloads section) but I only see a "User" manual. ? -- 73, Norm/KC1BMD
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On Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 07:26 AM, Thomas Tumino wrote:
Has Lab599 released a service manual for the rig? Anyone have a link to it?
If they did, I would think it would be on the web site ( Downloads section) but I only see a "User" manual. ? -- 73, Norm/KC1BMD
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Has Lab599 released a service manual for the rig? Anyone have a link to it??
73, Tom, N2YTF? Sent by phone, please forgive my brevity and poor typing.
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On Apr 10, 2023, at 5:34 PM, Norm - KC1BMD <noka@...> wrote:
?That could be really annoying. Hopefully it's an easy fix.
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That could be really annoying. Hopefully it's an easy fix.
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After further testing - no the firmware change did not fix the tuning issue. Same symptoms, I'm on 20m most often and when I tune down sometimes I hear a static click and the VFO jumps up
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Since it is unknown if Lab599 looks at this site, it's probably better to let your feature requests and bug fixes be known by emailing them directly.
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I agree! 100mw -1 W range will be amazing for several situations.. WSPR beacon for instance..! Thanks! Enviado desde mi iPhone
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El 8 abr 2023, a las 21:55, James S <jamesshipley@...> escribió:
? Sub-watt power option would be a? great option for several situations. Lab599,? please consider adding this in a future update.?
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Hi Trevor, On 4/8/23 4:17 PM, Trevor Larson - N6TJL - 3163412 wrote: I really like his one with the PTT integrated in the radio cable. I got the PTT on Amazon.? Ended opening it up to rewire it and completely replaced the cable that goes to the radio (I think the original cable didn't have enough conductors).? It uses a U174 plug for the headset connector on the side of the PPT body.? I didn't want to chop off the factory plugs on the headset so I tracked down a U174 plug (from Anixter or Digi-Key I think) and built a cable with speaker and mic jacks._._,_._,_ Could you share the link to the PTT from Amazon? Or, maybe what the title is? I can't find it. Mark -- Mark G Thomas <Mark@...>, KC3DRE
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Not sure if there is a hard reset you can try. The manual talks about a reset to default settings that might be worth a try first. Failing that i would try and see if you can reload the firmware as i am sure that would force a reset. Can you monitor the transmit (or look at the mic meter when transmitting) to see if audio is going in?
Ian
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very sorry to read this, OM... my fear is that your rig will require service to replace a failed audio chip...?
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Hello
I have lost all audio from my tx500.
I was using the "Tone" to check the swr of an antenna it made a stage wining nose then i lost all audio.
it does not even "Beep"? (cant hear anything) when i switch the rig on and yes "beep" is enabled
i though maybe something has gone wrong with the speaker mike so i changed over to the other cable that comes with the rig (the audio in audio out and push button) and plugged a head set into that and still nothing.
Everything else seem to be working, it is transmitting also with original speaker mike and relays can be heard clicking.
Any ideas what has happened
73
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Thanks Trevor, ?you made a nice job of those. ?I think I will probably start with rewiring the adaptor that came with the tx-500 as I won't have any other use for it but it does look a little fragile but I guess time will tell.?
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On 8 Apr 2023, at 21:17, Trevor Larson - N6TJL - 3163412 <trevlarson@...> wrote:
?I really like his one with the PTT integrated in the radio cable.? I got the PTT on Amazon.? Ended opening it up to rewire it and completely replaced the cable that goes to the radio (I think the original cable didn't have enough conductors).? It uses a U174 plug for the headset connector on the side of the PPT body.? I didn't want to chop off the factory plugs on the headset so I tracked down a U174 plug (from Anixter or Digi-Key I think) and built a cable with speaker and mic jacks. <dummyfile.0.part> <dummyfile.1.part> Then I built a more compact adapter.? It's pretty similar to what W2ENY sells, in fact I use his PTT cable because it feel great. <dummyfile.2.part> ? <dummyfile.3.part> 73, - Trevor, N6TJL
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Re: Tx-500 with dynamic heil headset?
I really like his one with the PTT integrated in the radio cable.? I got the PTT on Amazon.? Ended opening it up to rewire it and completely replaced the cable that goes to the radio (I think the original cable didn't have enough conductors).? It uses a U174 plug for the headset connector on the side of the PPT body.? I didn't want to chop off the factory plugs on the headset so I tracked down a U174 plug (from Anixter or Digi-Key I think) and built a cable with speaker and mic jacks.   Then I built a more compact adapter.? It's pretty similar to what W2ENY sells, in fact I use his PTT cable because it feel great.  ?  73, - Trevor, N6TJL
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Re: RF Power adjustment - possible future addition to firmware
Sub-watt power option would be a? great option for several situations. Lab599,? please consider adding this in a future update.?
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Re: Tx-500 with dynamic heil headset?
W2ENY has a great adapter that goes from gx12 to mic/headphones/ptt.?
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Larry Guillot
Norm - KC1BMD
Trevor Larson - N6TJL - 3163412
Ian Taylor G4LXX
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Nick Smith NT3S