An acquaintance has a 50w VHF Spectra. It was coming up with intermittent FAIL
001 messages on the screen. He had all the electrolytic caps replaced. Now it
comes up with FAIL 001 messages whenever he changes modes. They stay there for
3-8 seconds, then go away, and the radio works fine. It just takes a while for
things to settle down after changing modes, and they're all programmed within
the legal range of the radio, from 146 to 174 MHz.
I think it's a cap, or a bad foil feeding a cap, where the old one may have
leaked and damaged the board. The radio is in Europe so I'm diagnosing it
somewhat remotely.
Anyone have suggestions?
Bob M.
