[TenTec] Scout 555 MIC Gain Question...

[David Goncalves]

Call TenTec service and have them fix it. The Scout is an awesome little
radio, and is easy for an experienced tech to work on, should help to keep
costs for you down.

David Goncalves
W1EUJ

On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 9:20 PM, Ron Zond <k3miy at csonline.net> wrote:

> Ben
>
> Mic gain should be at 12 o clock.
> I think the rig needs to be repaired.
>
> Ron
> K3MIY
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Ben Hall
> Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 8:07 PM
> To: tentec at contesting.com
> Subject: [TenTec] Scout 555 MIC Gain Question...
>
>
> Good evening all!
>
> I inherited a Ten-Tec Scout 555 transceiver from my father-in-law.  He
> regularly used it on 20 and 40 mobile before he passed away, so I
> believe it is in good working order.
>
> Certainly, the receiver on it seems to work great!
>
> The manual notes to turn up the MIC gain until the ALC light flashes on
> voice peaks.  With the standard Ten-Tec hand-held microphone, I have to
> have the MIC gain all the way up and then speak extremely loudly (enough
> to irritate the XYL in the other room!) to get the ALC light to flicker
> on voice peaks.
>
> Even though my father-in-law used this regularly, I wondered if perhaps
> the MIC was going bad.  So, I connected up a Ten-Tec model 705
> desk-style microphone.  I get the same behavior - need to speak very
> loudly with the mic gain all the way up to get the ALC light to flicker
> on voice peaks.
>
> So my question is this - is this normal behavior for a Scout, or do I
> need to open it up and see if something is goofy in the audio input
> circuitry around U6-B?
>
> thanks much and 73,
> ben, kd5byb
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