Well, of course it's a synthesizer problem, although it hasn't failed completely. It's just slow to lock. If I had the radio on my bench, I would find the problem, but it's several thousand miles away in Europe.
Bob M. ====== --- On Wed, 7/16/08, Jim Cicirello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Jim Cicirello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Spectra radio FAIL 001 errors To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, July 16, 2008, 6:51 PM Hi Bob, See the Fail 001 below. Maybe someone knows how to tweek the Synthesizer if that is even possible. Good Luck JIM KA2AJH FAIL 001 Synthesizer out-of-lock condition. Troubleshoot Synthesizer. See: http://www.repeater-builder.com/motorola/spectra/spectra-error-codes.html ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob M. To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 4:50 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Spectra radio FAIL 001 errors 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.
