I remember that too, and they have a bad tendency to go flaky. Work the switch in and out rapidly and see if it behaves it itself. If you can get some tuner cleaner, clean it out good. If that doesn't work, you can trace out which contacts make when in 'Repeat' mode, and solder them together with jumpers.
Milt wrote: > IIRC there is a front panel pushbutton switch which will interrupt the > repeat function allowing the unit to act as a full duplex base station > (non-repeat). I think it was marked Repeat/Local. > > Just a guess at this point. > > Mlt > N3LTQ > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard Bessey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 8:25 PM > Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Uniden ARU-251 > > >> All, >> I am hopefull someone can tell me what I am doing wrong. >> >> I got a Uniden ARU-251 off of Ebay from a fellow ham, all tuned up and >> ready to roll as a GMRS repeater form me. >> All is well, it showed up and had a loose jumper inside, so it was not >> on the correct PL tone. After some diagnostics, I figured that out, and >> got the jumper fixed and it was fully operational. I turned it off and >> went to bed. The next day, I kick it on to play with it, and it won't >> repeat. >> I take the cover off and watch the control board, its recieving RX (Per >> the LED, and I can hear it on the front speaker), Its getting the proper >> tone (Per the LED), yet it will not TX. >> >> Is there any Uniden ARU-251 pros on the mailing list that could tell me >> what to check/test to find the source the problem. Its gotta be >> something simple (loose wire, etc...) since one of the jumpers on the >> control board came loose during shipment. >> >> If anyone has any tips I would greatly appreciate any info. >> >> Regards, >> >> Richard Bessey >> >> ------------------------------------
