hi, ihad a voice chip go bad for a kenwood ts570. replaced and all was well
afterwards. the one i took out only worked when it chose to. good luck.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Gammon" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2012 6:41 PM
Subject: Re: Possible dead voice guide chip in Kenwood rig.
> Hi, well, I'm not exactly subbing a part, just putting in a
> replacement for the same thing, but yes, the thought has occurred
> to me that if it's the rig that blew out the chip, then I will
> just blow out another one and blow another $68 bucks for the new
> chip and shipping and the problem will still be there. I really
> hope that the old chip blew out. Strange thing is that I've had
> the rig with the same chip in it since May of 2010 and usually
> when electronics blow, it happens within a short time after you
> buy something, or it runs for years! Guess I'll find out come
> next year, I mean next Wednesday, Best 73, Jim WA6EKS
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Pat Byrne <[log in to unmask]
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date sent: Sat, 29 Dec 2012 15:59:02 -0600
> Subject: Re: Possible dead voice guide chip in Kenwood rig.
>
> Be careful of subbing parts Jim!! Years ago a friend and I who
> were
> in to old A M gear found a problem in a Johnson viking Valliant
> of
> mine. Involved the low voltage rectifier tube. It had taken out
> a
> cap. or resistor, I forget which. So for some reason, I think
> to
> verify that the tube was defective, we plugged it in to my
> Johnson
> Ranger. It was defective and took out the same part in the
> Ranger. Afterward we decided, that we weere both reasonable
> smart
> and competent and why in hell had we done such a stupid thing!!
> Made
> us laugh a lot and think very hard about verifying our theories
> everafter!!
> Pat, K9JAUAt 12:07 PM 12/29/2012, you wrote:
> Hi Steve, well I found out the local HRO has 3 SVG-1 chips so I
> could either get the y l to take me there with the rig and try
> it, or get them to mail me one and pay for chipping. But if I
> take the rig there and find out the new chip doesn't work then I
> could have them send the rig to Kenwood, maybe. Anyway it's a
> serious drag either way you slice it. No, I don't intend to take
> the one out of the 480 just to test my theory. One other idea
> would be to find a local ham with the same TMV71A rig and
> pursuade them to let me try it in their rig, but no, I would
> still have to end up dealing with HRO one way or another. Well,
> thanks for listening, Jim WA6EKS
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Steve Dresser <[log in to unmask]
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date sent: Sat, 29 Dec 2012 12:56:45 -0500
> Subject: Re: Possible dead voice guide chip in Kenwood rig.
>
> Jim,
>
> I wouldn't mess with the 480, especially if it works. It's
> possible that
> the chip is fine, and the problem is on the motherboard. I think
> you may
> have to send the radio in to get to the bottom of this.
>
> Happy New Year.
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Gammon" <[log in to unmask]
> To: <[log in to unmask]
> Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2012 12:38
> Subject: Re: Possible dead voice guide chip in Kenwood rig.
>
>
> Hi Steve, could be a possibility about bent pens, but it has
> worked fine until a few weeks ago when it first went out and I
> fixed it with a reset. I took a conservative approach when I
> first took the lid off again a couple days ago by just tapping
> it
> and wiggling it a little. That seemed to make it come back. I
> hesitate spraying any kind of contact stuff in the socket. I
> plan to call HRO Oakland to see if they have any voice chips
> before making the trek over there. Of course I could take the
> other chip out of my 480 but don't want to tempt fate by doing
> that. Thanks, and wishing you and yours a very happy and
> healthy
> new year, Jim WA6EKS
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Steve Dresser <[log in to unmask]
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date sent: Sat, 29 Dec 2012 11:46:48 -0500
> Subject: Re: Possible dead voice guide chip in Kenwood rig.
>
> Jim,
>
> I've never had any problems with any of my voice chips, but
> with
> the
> exception of the one in my TS2000, I've always had sighted help
> putting them
> in.
>
> The chip might be dead, but you might also have bent one or
> more
> pins when
> you reinserted it. In any event, it sounds like time for your
> friendly HRO
> doctor to check it out.
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Gammon" <[log in to unmask]
> To: <[log in to unmask]
> Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2012 00:28
> Subject: Possible dead voice guide chip in Kenwood rig.
>
>
> Hello listers, I am writing regarding my recent intermittent
> TMV-71A speech chip problems, it went out again yesterday. I
> took off the top and tapped and wiggled the voice guide chip
> whereupon it started talking again. However, today, it is dead
> again. This time I turned off the rig and unplugged the chip
> and
> replaced it again. That didn't fix it. guess the only way to
> check it out is to take it to my local HRO after finding out
> they
> have a voice chip in stock and trying a new one to see if that
> remedies the problem or if it's in the rig itself. Has anyone
> else had issues with the voice guide chip going out or being
> intermittent? Jim WA6EKS
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