Thanks, John.

I didn't know Standard was somehow linked to Yaesu.

Maybe that explains, though, why I was never able to work with that radio my
son has.

It seems like a good radio, but certainly not very user friendly for folks
like us.

That's why it's so hard for me to help my son with it.

Best 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 6:05 PM
Subject: Re: help needed with Standard twin-bander VHF/UHF transceiver


> far as I know, vertex, standard, and yaesu, are all the same now. you call
> yaesu's number and it says thank you for calling vertex/standard and to
get
> yaesu support you have to ask for it so I'd say find the number on yaesu's
> site and call that and see what that gets you. I noticed that when I sent
my
> FT-51 in for work and I had to call there a couple times.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 4:00 PM
> Subject: help needed with Standard twin-bander VHF/UHF transceiver
>
>
> Hi, folks:
>
> My son, who is also a ham, is having a problem with his Standard
twin-bander
> VHF/UHF transceiver.  The model number is C5718DA.  He bought the rig used
> several years ago from a friend, and has no manual for the rig.  His
problem
> is that it receives and transmits fine on 440, but only receives on the
> 2-meter side.  If he programs a repeater into the 2-meter side, with
> correct, frequency, off-set, and PL tone, and tries to transmit, literally
> nothing happens.  I am wondering if somehow a "transmit inhibit" function
> got activated, or if he has some kind of transmit tone encoding function
> turned on that shouldn't be on.  I am not thinking that his finals are
gone
> since he can transmit fine on 440, and since absolutely nothing happens
when
> he transmits.  From past experience, I've found that, if the finals are
> gone, you can still transmit with very minimal output power.  I listened
> with my Kenwood HT when right next to him, and heard absolutely nothing
when
> he transmitted.
>
> Sorry about the awkward nature of these questions, but I wonder if anyone
> can help.
>
> Is anyone familiar with this particular rig?
>
> Does anyone have a phone number for Standard, where he could call and
maybe
> get some help.
>
> I am not familiar with the radio other than very basic functions, and
since
> it doesn't seem very "user friendly" for folks like us, I'm not able to be
> terribly helpful at this point.
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> I'll forward them onto him from here.
>
> Thanks, and best 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>