Tom,

If cleaning the contacts doesn't solve the problem, you might want someone
to check the boards for loose components.  The bumpy roads may have jarred
something inside the radio.  Hopefully, though, it will be the
contacts.  Good luck.

Steve

On Sunday 11/28/04 21:09 Tom Behler wrote:

>Hi, all.
>
>I have developed a somewhat interesting problem with my Kenwood TMV7
>A mobile rig.  I actually have had the problem before, but it does seem to
>get worse in the colder weather.
>
>I have the rig mounted in our vehicle, and just use the control head on the
>front of the radio as is.
>
>The problem is that when we go over a semi-bumpy road, the rig automatically
>shifts modes--i.e. it will switch from memory mode to VFO mode, etc.  This
>gets real anoying if I'm in the middle of a qso.
>
>Now, the roads I am on aren't really dirt roads out in the middle of
>nowhere--just paved roads that are beginning to suffer from lots of use and
>probably insufficient maintenance.
>
>I think the control head is just somewhat loose, and needs to be secured
>better.  I have taken it off, and tried re-attaching it several times, but
>it doesn't really seem to help.
>
>Any suggestions?
>
>Best 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ