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Hello, I’m new here but need some help. My iCom 3161 is not transmitting. It was fine until it fell between the seats in my car and I didn’t find it for two weeks (thanks to the wife). Any ideas as to what might be wrong or ways to try and fix it? Thanks in advance.

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well, ASSuming it was powered up when it "fell between the seats" did it get locked in transmit for a long period of time? No time out timer? If so, it may have killed the battery or the PA module itself. Swapping batteries is first step. No TX output? Most likely the PA but it would need to be bench checked to verify.
 

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well, ASSuming it was powered up when it "fell between the seats" did it get locked in transmit for a long period of time? No time out timer? If so, it may have killed the battery or the PA module itself. Swapping batteries is first step. No TX output? Most likely the PA but it would need to be bench checked to verify.
Not sure if the radio was on or not but I will try your suggestions. Thank you.
 

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As an update, I was told to reset the radio to factory and reinstall the newest firmware. That seems to have worked to a point. Some freqs are still not responding but I found out that some of the freq changed due to a new person working on the repeaters. Thanks for your help and support.
 
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