Thanks Mike
Regards
Mike K1PEV
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> On Jan 11, 2020, at 11:27 PM, Mike Bryce <prosolar@sssnet.com> wrote:
>
> The EEEEEE on the display indicate a fault in the counter. Most likely RF
>
> The display is nothing more than a frequent counter
>
> There is no out of band error in that radio
>
> Mike wb8vge
>
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>> On Jan 11, 2020, at 9:38 PM, Ken Brown <kenradiobrown@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Two major differences between receive and transmit are current consumption
>> and RF production. Since he is a new ham his power supply and connections,
>> station grounding and antenna system may have problems he has not yet
>> learned how to avoid and repair. To determine if it is either one of those
>> two differences, current draw or RF, but not which one, have him transmit
>> with with the TX power turned all the way down and see if the problem goes
>> away. Once that is confirmed, have him transmit into a good 50 Ohm
>> termination (dummy load) using a known good cable and properly tightened
>> connectors, and the TX power back at normal setting.Then if the problem is
>> still there, turn the power down to minimum and see if it goes away. With
>> that information you should be able to figure out if it is the increased
>> current draw of transmit, or the production of RF that is causing the
>> problem.
>>
>> I'm not real familiar with the Omni C, but perhaps If someone tries to
>> transmit out of band it will show EEEEE.
>>
>> DE N6KB
>>
>>> On Sat, Jan 11, 2020 at 2:51 AM Silevitch, Michael <
>>> m.silevitch@northeastern.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>> I loaned my OMNI C to a new ham. When he tries to transmit the display
>>> shows all Es and there is clearly something wrong. The unit was fine when
>>> it was loaned out. The unit is fine on receive. I don’t have the unit back
>>> yet so cannot troubleshoot.
>>>
>>> Any wisdom would be appreciated.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Michael K1PEV
>>>
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