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Rob Caulfield (Robbiewk)
| | Posted on Monday, October 14, 2002 - 10:12 am: | 
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Is it possible for the radio antenna to be causing problems with my radio other then reception problems? It seems every time the antenna is bumped something weird happens on my radio. Right now I get to reception and I can't change anyhthing on the radio. When I turn it off the radio "call sign" still stays there. Also it powers off a lot and asks for the code. Then sometimes it just doesn't work.
Any help would be appreciated. |
Shane C. (Qsiguy)
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 16, 2002 - 02:14 am: |
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Your antenna may be shorted out or your ground is bad on the radio and it is getting it's ground through the antenna which isn't really a good enough ground to power it propery.
Shane |
RobbieC
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 16, 2002 - 03:17 pm: |
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Shane,
Thanks. Do you happen to know where the ground is for the radio? |
Shane C. (Qsiguy)
| | Posted on Thursday, October 17, 2002 - 12:47 am: |
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Probably deep in the dash. I would just pull it out and use an ohm meter with one lead on the radio chassis and the other on a known good ground point like a seat bolt making sure there isn't any paint covering the metal you have your test lead on. You should have pretty close to zero or at most less than one ohm. With your meter still reading the radio chassis ground wiggle your antenna and see if it changes the reading. If so your radio may be using the antenna for ground. It's pretty simple to attach a new ground wire to the radio chassis and make a new good ground.
Shane |
Bruce
| | Posted on Friday, October 18, 2002 - 11:32 am: |
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The ground for the radio is located behind the LH foot trim panel. Pop-off the panel and you will see the ground point. In the manual, the ground is labeled as E201 for the E7 Radio circuit. |
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