Yes, I measured it right at the clock chip.
Gary
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> On Nov 29, 2018, at 9:49 AM, Bill Cotter <n4lg@qx.net> wrote:
>
> Gary,
>
> Is the RTC battery still providing energy?
>
> 73 Bill N4LG
>
> At 09:49 PM 11/28/2018, you wrote:
>> H Greetings: I have an Omni 6 that starts boot up, goes through the process
>> of turning the S meter lamps on, then stops with all pushbuttons LED’s lit.
>> I checked the 20 MHz oscillator (good) and I checked all of the CPU address
>> lines and data lines, all of which are active. The only thing I have found
>> so far is that the real time clock, DS1285, which has a small crystal for
>> its timebase, is not running. What I wanted to learn is whether or not the
>> CPU will boot up without this cook’s being in operation. It seems to me
>> that, since this is a real time clock, it should be running all of the time,
>> even when the radio is off, and the DS1285 should keep time powered by the
>> backup battery. Gary _______________________________________________ TenTec
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