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--- In GE-Mpa@yahoogroups.com, "wb8vlc" <masher@...> wrote:
\n>
\n> Try your receive test again but this time press the center of the VOL
\n> up/down arrow button so that the radio unsquelches, this is
\n> effectively simultaneously pressing the up and down vol buttons which
\n> will unsquelch the receiver. Can you now receive the signal that you
\n> TX to the radio ?
\n>
\n> If not then you need to recheck you programming and/or tracking data
\n> like Gary mentioned.
\n>
\n> --- In GE-Mpa@yahoogroups.com, "Anthony L .Ferguson" <spider24112@>
\n> wrote:
\n> >
\n> > Greetings to all:
\n> >
\n> >
\n> > A friend of mine got an MPD from EBAY and it has the FCC ID of
\n> > AXA9WNTR-145B. He asked me to check the radio and program it. I told
\n> > him I'll do my best.
\n> >
\n> > So! Here we go. I place a charged battery on the radio and turned it
\n> > on,when I did I heard the normal power up beep and then it started
\n> > beeping constantly and had all Zero's on the LCD display. I said to
\n> > my self I got a problem here.
\n> >
\n> > I pulled out my laptop for programming and TQ3310 and connected to
\n> > the radio and thought I could read the radio and maybe get an Idea
\n> > what could be the problem.
\n> >
\n> > Wrong !! I could not read the radio at all, So I tried to program the
\n> > radio using my program file that I use to program my own MPD radio of
\n> > the same FCC ID. I connected everything up and it appeared to
\n> > handshake correctly and a message came up something like SCAN
\n> > CG ?????? P1 . I can't remember exactly what all it said but that is
\n> > part of what I could recall.
\n> > I pressed Enter and continued to program. The radio took the program
\n> > and when all the reading and verifying was done I heard the Beep from
\n> > the radio and I turned off the power and disconnected it from the
\n> > cable. I scrolled the display all was correct and then transmitted on
\n> > simplex on 146.520 MHZ . It worked. SO Far , SO Good !!
\n> >
\n> > I then transmitted from another radio on the same frequency to see if
\n> > the reciever is working. NOTHING, nada, Zilch. I'm not sure what the
\n> > problem could be SO I'm asking for HELP!! Any Ideas??
\n> >
\n> > I'm not a repair guru and I too am learning these radio so Maybe
\n> > someone has ran across this issue and could direct me in the right
\n> > direction to help this other person resolve his radio problem.
\n> >
\n> > I personaly think it might be a simple issue and may need to go back
\n> > on the service bench with a service monitor and retune the reciever.
\n> >
\n> > Any Suggestions?
\n> >
\n> > Please feel free to email me directly at spider24112@
\n> > Thanks in advanced ..
\n> >
\n> > 73 DE Tony/ KB4ZGO
\n> >
\n>