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Question: Motorola Astro Spectra VHF

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Ok, So I am cruising down the road the other day and I notice I am picking up a lot of interference on my radio, I know all of the PL/DPL's were programmed in correctly because I have had no trouble until now, it seems as if it has---"forgotten" if you will.. everything it knows about the RX PL tones.... I just purchased this radio a couple of months ago and it was new in the box so surely the "caps" are not out already. Could they? By new in the box I mean new old stock of course from another user here on radio reference.

Might I add that these are all conventional channels in the radio, and radio still transmits and receives fine... I just pick up a lot of extra garbage.
 
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And/or make sure your microphone clip is grounded! You wouldn't believe how many people screw their mic clip into plastic and wonder why they still get "open channel"!
 
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Magnetsteve said:
I just purchased this radio a couple of months ago and it was new in the box so surely the "caps" are not out already. Could they?
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If you were talking about an older Spectra and not an ASTRO Spectra I would say yes. I've have seen several radios that were NIB and had bad caps. One was damaged so badly that it was only good for a few parts. I have never seen an ASTRO Spectra with bad caps... yet.
 
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steele_lpd said:
If you were talking about an older Spectra and not an ASTRO Spectra I would say yes. I've have seen several radios that were NIB and had bad caps. One was damaged so badly that it was only good for a few parts. I have never seen an ASTRO Spectra with bad caps... yet.
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Good, that doesn't worry me so much then... thanks.
 
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