All,
I have recently acquired a FT-736 and it has a peculiar problem.
Occasionally when I push the PTT on the microphone (Heil Mic - do not get
the original mic with the rig) the display on the 736 shuts off and the rig
is essentially dead. None of the controls seem to have any effect, no
'beeps' are generated when the buttons are pressed, etc. I have to turn the
radio off and then back on. The radio has operated for relatively long
periods of time without a problem, and in some cases it even seems
frequency/memory dependant. I have my local 2m repeater programmed in to
memory 1 (145.29 -) and another repeater programmed in to memory 2 (146.625
-) and at one point every time I pressed the PTT when memory 1 was selected
it happened, but if I went to memory 2 there was no problem, but as soon as
I went back to memory 1 it did it again. I have also had it happen using
440 FM in VFO mode (not using a memory channel).
Has anyone ever heard of or experienced anything like this? I have read on
the Kenwood reflector of a problem experienced with some of those where the
display would act up or disappear, and that was due to a poor contact in
the display cabling - so I plan to check/clean all of the cable connectors.
Rick
W2RDS
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