I have a pair of Kenwood TK-3101 radios that were given to me. One of the radios beeps constantly when turned on. It's a fast beep. Almost 2 beeps per second. I've replaced the batteries and they are fully charged. The troubleshooting guide doesn't mention this beep sequence. Anybody have a clue as to what's causing this?
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TK-3101 Beeps Constantly
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mmckenna
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I took a look at the service manual for those, and didn't find anything useful.
Could be any number of issues, maybe someone who owns one could shed some knowledge on it.
Usually when a radio is acting like that, it means it's either trying to do something it can't, thinks there is something wrong, or it's reacting to something.
A few things you could check:
Make sure none of the buttons are jammed. A stuck key could do this.
Make sure the battery is actually good. These are older radios, so a "new" battery might have sat on the shelf a long time. Check the output of the battery with a multimeter.
Short of that, you'd need some test equipment and the programming cable to go much farther. Could be the VCO has unlocked, either due to programming error or failing components. Only way to know would be to have the test gear and manual.
But, putting that much work into a radio this old is kind of pointless unless you want the punishment.
Could be any number of issues, maybe someone who owns one could shed some knowledge on it.
Usually when a radio is acting like that, it means it's either trying to do something it can't, thinks there is something wrong, or it's reacting to something.
A few things you could check:
Make sure none of the buttons are jammed. A stuck key could do this.
Make sure the battery is actually good. These are older radios, so a "new" battery might have sat on the shelf a long time. Check the output of the battery with a multimeter.
Short of that, you'd need some test equipment and the programming cable to go much farther. Could be the VCO has unlocked, either due to programming error or failing components. Only way to know would be to have the test gear and manual.
But, putting that much work into a radio this old is kind of pointless unless you want the punishment.
mmckenna
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OK. Probably needs to be sent to a good shop to be looked at. Might be a simple programming issue, but unless you had the programming cable and software and knew what you were looking for, it'd be difficult.
stmills
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Been a while since I used 1 of these but if I recall correctly holding in the side buttons and ptt while turning it on will reset to the factory default frequencies.
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