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Spectra 900 stopped tranmitting PL/DPL
Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 4:15 am
by Artiedog
My Spectra, D37KGA5JE7AK, quit transmitting PL/DPL tones. It was working fine, then during a QSO simply quit working. I read the radio, then tried re-programming it and still no PL tone. After asking around, I understand that this was a problem that was experienced by others in the commercial/public safety field, and was covered under warranty (obviously thats out!).
Have any of you run across this problem and is there a "ham-type" fix or repair? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Bob
WB0RJR
Re: Spectra 900 stopped tranmitting PL/DPL
Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 5:33 pm
by Artiedog
Well, not having received a reply here,
I did a little more reading and came up with this from Robert W. Meister WA1MIK on Repeater-Builders.
This seems to be a common complaint, especially after reprogramming the radio. It seems there are either some improperly modified copies of software roaming around, the version prior to the latest had this as a known bug, or some older radios have a problem. The program accepts out-of-range frequency information, but manages to mess up the coded squelch settings. This can usually be fixed by reading the code plug with a non-modified program, changing just the coded squelch values, and writing the code plug back to the radio. Of course, this means keeping multiple copies around, and knowing when to use each one.
It worked for my Spectra 900,
and if anyone else has that problem, it sure was an easy fix!
73, Bob
WB0RJR
Re: Spectra 900 stopped tranmitting PL/DPL
Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 4:10 am
by rrfd43
Same problem I had here, the modded version would show the pl in the display, but it would not work. Read with non-modded rss and it showed no tx pl. After I re-wrote it all is well.