Howdy Amigos;
? I bought an FT-710 about a year ago when I got my General license.? It has worked great so far, and I am using it in my work to promote Amateur Radio in the SF Bay Area.? Recently it has started causing me problems, and I cant figure it out.
What happens is that I can hook it up just fine,? and run WSJT to access FT8.? It sees all the other stations, but when I go to transmit, the radio shuts itself off.? *click".? ?I have tried both using HRD for Cat Control, and having WSJT handle CAT itself, same problem.? Sometimes I can transmit enough to make a contact, others I have to keep turning the radio back on and trying to complete an exchange.
I backed out of FT8, and tried transmitting with the mike.? As soon as I speak, KAPOW.? Its a deader.??
I tried backing the power back to 50w, and it seems happier, but 75 croaked it again.
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Any ideas what the problem is?? I was demoing the radio in front of a large group of new hams when it decided to start this, and it looked pretty bad.
Stiv Ostenberg