Kenwood TS-850s Problem

[Reg Taylor]

I have the following intermittent problem with my
TS-850s

1. Audio becomes distorted on xmit and rec
2. digital readout becomes periods . . . . . .
3. Radio produces U L in cw
4. Radio completely shuts down and then can turn
itself back on again intermittently

Anyone that has had the same problem please post
or E-Mail

Thankyou
--
Reg Taylor
Radio VE7DUB
rta...@sun.pris.bc.ca

[Clif]

One of the PLL units is unlocking. Probably the Het osc. usually a bad
trimmer cap...

Clif
AVVid is an Authorized Kenwood and Icom Service Center
http://rampages.onramp.net/~avvid

[Chuck (Jack) Hawley]

Clif wrote:
>
> Reg Taylor wrote:
> >
> > I have the following intermittent problem with my
> > TS-850s
> >
> > 1. Audio becomes distorted on xmit and rec
> > 2. digital readout becomes periods . . . . . .
> > 3. Radio produces U L in cw
> > 4. Radio completely shuts down and then can turn
> > itself back on again intermittently

> One of the PLL units is unlocking. Probably the Het osc. usually a bad

> trimmer cap...
>
> Clif
> AVVid is an Authorized Kenwood and Icom Service Center
> http://rampages.onramp.net/~avvid

My TS850 display sometimes takes a 5 or so seconds to light up when you
turn it on and also some of the characters darken from the bottom of the
character up somewhat after it's been on a few hours. It's still very
readable...just annoyning.
Is there any fix for this? Replacement of the display unit only? Is it
expensive?

Thanks, Chuck, KE9UW

[gbo...@aol.com]

In article <32A382...@onramp.net>, Clif <av...@onramp.net> writes:

>Subject: Re: Kenwood TS-850s Problem
>From: Clif <av...@onramp.net>
>Date: Mon, 02 Dec 1996 19:30:38 -0600

>
>Reg Taylor wrote:
>>
>> I have the following intermittent problem with my
>> TS-850s
>>
>> 1. Audio becomes distorted on xmit and rec
>> 2. digital readout becomes periods . . . . . .
>> 3. Radio produces U L in cw
>> 4. Radio completely shuts down and then can turn
>> itself back on again intermittently
>>

>> Anyone that has had the same problem please post
>> or E-Mail
>>
>> Thankyou
>> --
>> Reg Taylor
>> Radio VE7DUB
>> rta...@sun.pris.bc.ca
>

>One of the PLL units is unlocking. Probably the Het osc. usually a bad
>trimmer cap...
>
>

I am having the same problem. When I turn on xcvr, the display will have
dots for a number of seconds. Then I wull get cw UL a few times.
Eventually, I will get some static noise and following that it will work
ok. I did a "reset" and it seemed to work slightly better for a little
while, but still not fixed. Can anyone provide more more detail on how
to fix the problem?
Guy, w6ljl