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wayoverthere

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  1. Didn't want to clutter up your MXT500 thread with any more off-topic, but it's pretty definitely the radio. 

    External meter agrees on voltage output from the PSU, and I took the Btech and the same antenna out to the garage ,stuck the antenna on top of my toolbox, and wired it to an extra car battery I have around (that stays float charged...it was pulled chasing a starting issue that ended up not being the battery), and it's doing the same thing.

    I also did some heavier testing on the radio last night in the wee hours...no fluctuation on low or mid power.  Also ran it through some longer transmit cycles a minute at a time with minimal breaks, enough to get the fan running.  It seems to lose power as heat builds, it'll bounce back kind of slowly if I unkey and key again, and  it eventually steadied out around 25 watts. 

    Transmit time is a lot less than receiving, and I rarely use high power as it is, so I'll probably just run it till it dies and either pitch it or use it as a scanner after that.  For on the air I'll just add an antenna switch so my 70cm vertex has access to both antennas.  Seems like a better option than digging out the MXT115 :D 

    1. marcspaz

      marcspaz

      That really stinks, my friend. Sorry to hear.  Did I read earlier that it's out of warranty due to age?  If it is under warranty, I would send it back, for sure.  Otherwise it's time to start shopping for a new rig.

    2. wayoverthere

      wayoverthere

      Yep, just about at the 2 year mark, so most likely out of warranty, but I'll double check.

      On replacement, the good news is I already have something that can fill in, as the 70cm vertex that's on the table above it is 95a certified, just need to route the gmrs antenna to it.

  2. Thanks for the tidbits on the 805g software being the limiting factor. I started poking at mine tonight, and had much the same results: the reset, VFO, loaded some out of band stuff in Chirp, and then a quick read/write with the Wouxun software pushed it back to channel mode and appears to have retained everything I loaded in Chirp.

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