Greetings all,
I had a similar problem with mine a short time after I bought it while using the rubber duck on UHF and was ready to send it back for repair until I remembered the ferrite bead that came in the box with the rig. While using 5 watts and an external power supply RF sometimes sneaks up the power cord and causes trouble. I snapped the bead over the power cord up close to the radio (looks a little ugly) and that has taken care of the problem at least for me.
Hope this helps!! 73, Mike Clark - KG2QM (USA ham)
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----- Original Message -----
From: Tom Read
To: FT817@...
Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 2:17 PM
Subject: [FT817] PTT pressed, no tx
Hi all,
Last night while operating through a 70cm repeater using my FT817 on 5
watts, mains powered - I pressed the PTT and talked, but when my "over"
finished it was clear that it had not been transmitted. This happened a few
more times. The audio was still blanked when I pressed the PTT, so probably
no problems with the PTT itself, but instead of the SWR showing 2 or 3 bars
as it had been doing, it showed no bars. I tested on 2m, no problems, then
returned to 70cm where everything was OK again. A few minutes later the
same thing happened again, but then rectified again after I changed band and
returned to 70cm. Any suggestions as to what has happened, and what I need
to do to prevent it / rectify it?
73, Tom
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