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Motorola Radio Shuts Down When Coax connected
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Measure for any voltage between the coax connector and radio chassis and/or third prong (ground) on the AC socket. Is the power supply shutting down or just the radio?
You still want to measure between the antenna connector and radio chassis. It could also be the power supply doing a crowbar shutdown of 12v but the pilot light is still lit and when you remove the antenna the 12v comes back on.
Worst case would be something damaged inside the radio where the case is normally floating but something inside with voltage on it has made contact with the case and that is shorting out when grounded by the antenna connector.
QUOTE="dharp101, post: 3624840, member: 1619020"]
No, the supply is staying up. The radio will stay on flawlessly as well as long as there is no UHF connector touching the radio.
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Worst case would be something damaged inside the radio where the case is normally floating but something inside with voltage on it has made contact with the case and that is shorting out when grounded by the antenna connector.
QUOTE="dharp101, post: 3624840, member: 1619020"]
No, the supply is staying up. The radio will stay on flawlessly as well as long as there is no UHF connector touching the radio.
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Measure at the center pin of the connector.
Sounds like a possible shorted DC blocking capacitor on the output of the radio's final amplifier.
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Is this a trunking radio? The power supply might not have enough amperage and once the antenna is connected, the radio receives the control channel and affiliates to the system, causing it to shut down.
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