WS1040: issues with ws1040

[Lightbarcollector]

i had a friend drop me off a whistler ws1040 to re-program for a guy he knows and was having an issue not picking up anything. did a factory reset on it deleting everything and did a reprogram to it.

I get NOTHING............my other scanners pick up perfect (have 3........trx2, pro106 and a uniden bct8) the ws1040 has everything for my county in it. opened it up and everything has nothing broken in it and all wires have no issues, even did 3 different antennas and nada.


WHAT THE HECK is wrong with it?????????? him and i are stumped beyond measures. as far as i know the scanner was bought brand new.

 

[tvengr]

If the guy your friend knows lives in your area, you can clone your 106 to his 1040. The PRO-106 and WS1040 have a common problem. If any stress is put on the antenna, it can break the solder connection from the antenna connector to the circuit board. Try receiving NOAA weather. No programming required. Does the scanner show the scan lists on the display? If not, what is on the display?

 

[Lightbarcollector]

scanner shows the scanlists amd when i press the WX button all it does is just scans the frequencies with no stops or broadcasts of the weather.

no breaks to the insides where the scanner attaches inside either. it does the main whistler screen that all whistler scanners do, beeps and then goes to scanlists (even though just 1 is active cause only scanlist 1 is programmed for chemung county

 

[tvengr]

What happens if you open the squelch while scanning weather? Do you hear noise? If not, try plugging in an earpiece or headphones. Check if the guy keyed up a transmitter close to the radio. He may have blown the RF amp.