Hello All,
I recenetly picked up an ASTRO Spectra (Model No: T99DX+089_AST; ID No: D04KKF9PW5AN). I got it home and programmed it with a code plug I had in another radio that works beautifly. I then tried to key my local repeater and got nothing back. I then went to a repeater that did not use PL tones and it worked. I did notice that the radio is able to receive everything that gets programmed into it. I took the radio to a friends house and hooked it to their CSM and found that there was no TX audio or PL tones being generated and the radio puts out 45W. I then attempted to swap the VOCODER board from an 800 MHz radio I had lying around. The radio DID NOT like this at all and I sawpped them back. I then attemped an alignment using tuner and found that the RO was only like 27 Hz off frequency, but oddly it did not like to TX around the 150 MHz mark and a wierd whining noise could be heard (not sure where it was coming from but it was only on 150 and only while the radio was keyed).
Does anyone know what could cause this? I have the 800 MHz radio available for parts if needed.
Thank you all for your time and assistance
I recenetly picked up an ASTRO Spectra (Model No: T99DX+089_AST; ID No: D04KKF9PW5AN). I got it home and programmed it with a code plug I had in another radio that works beautifly. I then tried to key my local repeater and got nothing back. I then went to a repeater that did not use PL tones and it worked. I did notice that the radio is able to receive everything that gets programmed into it. I took the radio to a friends house and hooked it to their CSM and found that there was no TX audio or PL tones being generated and the radio puts out 45W. I then attempted to swap the VOCODER board from an 800 MHz radio I had lying around. The radio DID NOT like this at all and I sawpped them back. I then attemped an alignment using tuner and found that the RO was only like 27 Hz off frequency, but oddly it did not like to TX around the 150 MHz mark and a wierd whining noise could be heard (not sure where it was coming from but it was only on 150 and only while the radio was keyed).
Does anyone know what could cause this? I have the 800 MHz radio available for parts if needed.
Thank you all for your time and assistance