Another IFR 1500 story

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manutea
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Another IFR 1500 story

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Hi there

Got one with eBay with no video ,could buy a refurbished board with KG electronics ($ 300)and all was OK.
I didn't use it regularly and one day she partially quited with some functions still working.

-All power supply voltages are OK
-CRT is bright & clear
-Keyboard is inoperative !
-LCD display is frozen
-2 Analog meters working
-Volume/squelch are OK and also speaker ( can hear WWV on the stuck 10 Mhz and also the tones 1 & 2 on 1000 hz)
-Central commutator works on : "scope"/"analy"/"track" & "sweep" (trace on CRT) but not for "freqs", "tones","meters", "help"
-CR 2325 battery & 2 caps found dead on the CPU_memory pc board ,replaced without improvements.

Downloaded the troubleshooting manual but don't know where to commence my investigations .
If somebody could just show me a path or some points to check, that would be greatly appreciated

Thank you

Patrick FO4MM
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Andy Corbin
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Re: Another IFR 1500 story

Post by Andy Corbin »

Might try pulling and re-seating the boards, cleaning the contacts with some De-Oxit while its out. The CR2325 battery only holds the memory values such as programmed frequencies, PL tones, etc. If the battery goes dead you get a "Check Sum Error" or something like that. Doesn't affect the operation other than you have to enter your data each time. Beyond that, perhaps some other folks here can help.
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Re: Another IFR 1500 story

Post by jry »

you may have lost one of the bus driver/receivers on either the processor or I/O card if re-seating doesn't fix it.

I usually swap those tow cards to isolate and trouble shoot from there
manutea
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Re: Another IFR 1500 story

Post by manutea »

Thank you very much for your posts, guys.
i did the re-seating job already and ESR some electrolytics; found 2 that were dead on the CPU board, thats why i have suspicions for this board.

Thank you again
73s FO4MM
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