246 went for a tumble....

[CLTX11]

Had a little accident yesterday & it had to happen to the 246 I never take out.

I was testing out my new homebrew yagi and was climbing in the attic with the 246 in my back pocket, as soon as I lifted my last leg in I felt it slip. I reached back into my pocket to see if it was still there and nothing, it felt like an eternity but I finally heard it......BAM.....it hit the concrete floor.

It looked like it survived minus the volume/squelch knob was busted. I turn it on & have no audio nor does it pick up anything.

Question is, is the price on Unidens website a flat rate to fix it plus any parts that they have to ship in if any?

Thanks

 

[scanfan03]

If you are good with a soldiering iron, you can fix it yourself. It sounds like you just need to resoldier the BNC connector back to the board and then the Volume pot probably.

 

[hiegtx]

Had a little accident yesterday & it had to happen to the 246 I never take out.

I was testing out my new homebrew yagi and was climbing in the attic with the 246 in my back pocket, as soon as I lifted my last leg in I felt it slip. I reached back into my pocket to see if it was still there and nothing, it felt like an eternity but I finally heard it......BAM.....it hit the concrete floor.

It looked like it survived minus the volume/squelch knob was busted. I turn it on & have no audio nor does it pick up anything.

Question is, is the price on Unidens website a flat rate to fix it plus any parts that they have to ship in if any?

Thanks

Uniden's basic repair charge is about $50.00, and usually includes parts (per the notes on the page). If it was major damage (like the pc board, instead of just a bnc or the volume/squelch pot), then you'd probably get a notification with an updated estimate.

From the repair page:
Flat rate repair charges are for out-of-warranty products and in most cases, include all parts and labor necessary to bring your product back to the original specifications.

 

[andy404ns]

Had a little accident yesterday & it had to happen to the 246 I never take out.

I was testing out my new homebrew yagi and was climbing in the attic with the 246 in my back pocket, as soon as I lifted my last leg in I felt it slip. I reached back into my pocket to see if it was still there and nothing, it felt like an eternity but I finally heard it......BAM.....it hit the concrete floor.

It looked like it survived minus the volume/squelch knob was busted. I turn it on & have no audio nor does it pick up anything.

Question is, is the price on Unidens website a flat rate to fix it plus any parts that they have to ship in if any?

Thanks

I drop my 246T a lot... is there no sound at all or is it just a static sound?

 

[pathalogical]

Don't you use your wrist strap ? My strap has saved my 246s ass many, many times !

 

[CLTX11]

I have 2 246's, one I keep in the house & the other I use while out & about. I have dropped the one I take out numerous times, its all beat up.

The one I dropped looks brand new, it fell about 12 feet onto concrete. I did not have an antenna on it since I was climbing up in the attic to test a yagi & see where I need to adjust it too.

There is no audio at all, I turn it on & you cannot hear any beeps. Once it was on I was scanning and nothing. I came in the scanner room and tuned into a freq being use and the scanner dropped would not even pick it up. Absolutely no audio and will not pick up freqs.


To Scanfan03, if I were to do that, what do I do about the bent volume pin and the busted volume/squelch knob?

 

[scanfan03]

I have 2 246's, one I keep in the house & the other I use while out & about. I have dropped the one I take out numerous times, its all beat up.

The one I dropped looks brand new, it fell about 12 feet onto concrete. I did not have an antenna on it since I was climbing up in the attic to test a yagi & see where I need to adjust it too.

There is no audio at all, I turn it on & you cannot hear any beeps. Once it was on I was scanning and nothing. I came in the scanner room and tuned into a freq being use and the scanner dropped would not even pick it up. Absolutely no audio and will not pick up freqs.


To Scanfan03, if I were to do that, what do I do about the bent volume pin and the busted volume/squelch knob?

I would try bending it back or try buying new ones from Uniden.

 

[scottdbal]

That picture up above looks like a 246T yo yo...

 

[motomeso]

I have one here that was dropped and it broke the connector that attaches the 2 boards together and shows the exact same symptoms.