Hey Guys, I dug out some HT1250's that we used back in the day. Most of them power up and work fine but three don't despite getting new onboard batteries as well battery packs. Any chance I can revive them or do I consider them a lost cause? Thanks!
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HT1250's Won't Power Up
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There is a lot that can be wrong with it. Could be a bad volume pot, could be faulty contacts on the back, could be something wrong with the board itself, etc. But if you have tried to put new batteries on it and it doesn't power up, I'd say that's good enough reason to assume that there is something wrong with them. Repairing them might be an option but it all depends on how familiar you are with radios and how good you are with soldering.
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Agreed. Only other thing I could think of would be a bad EEPROM. Once those go, it’s all down hill from there.
Just out of curiosity, what are you planning on doing with the broken units?
There's also the circuit board fuse that can fail and cause the same problem. Here's a snippet from the detailed service manual:
I planned on donating all of them to a local charity that I work with on a regular basis. I will at least try to replace the fuses with the info you guys provided here so I can give them a few more working ones rather than giving them ones that are DOA and have them pay to get them repaired.
Where do you guys recommend that I buy the replacement fuses? BTW, these are UHF 450-512 MHz models.
Thanks much.
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Non-profit or not, they do need to be licensed. There is no FCC waiver for non-profits or donated radios. Be careful about giving anyone these radios. They likely will assume they are 'just expensive CB's" and not understand the licensing requirements.
The fuse is a chip fuse. You'd need to find the exact size/rating, but you can probably find them on Amazon.
Here's one source for OEM fuses. You can use the Motorola part number or the more generic identifiers to hopefully source from somewhere else if desired (but I like dealing with Wiscomm). Mouser or Digi-Key should have suitable equivalents.
6515076H01 6580542Z01 - Motorola FUSE CHIP SMT TR/1608FF 3A
6515076H01 6580542Z01 - Motorola FUSE CHIP SMT TR/1608FF 3A
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Yes, important point that I accidentally omitted!
Me too, earlier in this thread!
Test the fuse first! Don't spend money if you don't have to
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GMRS license only covers individuals and their immediate family. A non-profit/business/etc, wouldn't be granted a GMRS license. Each user would need to pay $80 every 10 years.
On the other hand, an itinerant/non-coordinated UHF business license would cost a few hundred bucks at the most. But that's well outside the capabilities of most non-radio guys to do.
If you had a schematic or PCB layout, I'd recommend you trace the power (+V) starting at the battery and see where is vanishes; that's where the problem is. (And if that still doesn't present a solution, do the same thing with the ground trace.)
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