Hi Darren, I called Kenwood this morning and got ahold of Leo who 
does amateur tech support.  He had no idea why the original chip 
quit after working fine for over two years, and wasn't interested 
in checking out the old chip to see what might have happened to 
it.  I'm just relieved that the chip fixed the problem and that I 
didn't have to send the rig in for a check up.  At $75 per hour, 
that could get very eenxpensive in a hurry.  Jim WA6EKS

 ----- Original Message -----
From: KK4AHX Darren Duff <[log in to unmask]
To: [log in to unmask]
Date sent: Fri, 4 Jan 2013 13:30:44 -0500
Subject: Re: New Vgs-1 chip installed and working

Hi.

Great to hear you got your rig up and talking again.  I would 
like to know
what the folks over at kenwood tell you.  I am really enjoying my 
tmv71a as
well.



73.
Darren Duff.
amateur radio station KK4AHX.

Vice President,
Cherokee Amateur Radio Society.
http://www.cherokeehams.com

Cherokee County ARES.
http://www.cherokee-ares.org

-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators 
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On Behalf Of Jim Gammon
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2013 12:38 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: New Vgs-1 chip installed and working

Hi list, just wanted to give you a foblow up about the Vgs-1 
chip.  I got a
new one from HRO yesterday, installed it and the rig started 
talking again.
Now I think I will take the old chip, dip it some salsa and eat 
it.  No, on
second thought if I did that, I may stop talking just like it 
did! Sorry to
Bob who I sent a similar message to last night thinking it would 
go to the
list.  I plan to call Kenwood and ask them there thoughts about 
why a chip
would just quit after working fine for more than two years.  Jim 
WA6EKS