On Sat, 15 Jan 2011 21:13:39 +0000, Baron wrote:

Meat Plow Inscribed thus:

On Sat, 15 Jan 2011 17:43:05 +0000, Baron wrote:

Jeff Liebermann Inscribed thus:

On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 21:37:02 +0000 (UTC), Meat Plow
wrote:

No, tapping on it will not induce micro-phonics but will often lessen
the howl.

Well, if it were "grounding", then banging on the case would have no
effect (unless there were some screws loose).

Incidentally, I tried my VX-5 turn on/off times. It took about 1
second to turn on, and the same to turn off. Pushing the button to
turn off was *NOT* instantaneous. I had to hold it for 1 sec. It's
been like that since new, so there's been no deterioration. At this
point, I don't know if it's a firmware issue, settings issue, or
dirty
keyboard. Save, reset and reload seems the easiest to do first.

Once the radio is on, the howl goes away, maybe after 10 minutes.

Something is getting warm perhaps?

We have it here due to severe thunderstorms with large hail, damaging
winds, localized flooding, micro-bursts and tornadoes.

That's why I like California. Other than earthquakes and government,
we don't have much in the way to disasters here.

... I had just purchased a Dodge 4x4 in the spring. I was out chasing
a storm around and got pelted by some golf ball sized hail. That
ended my chasing days. I don't have a beater that I care about
looking like someone took a hammer to it.

Ouch. I've never even seen a tornado, so I have no idea what it
might
be like. Raining golf balls sounds like no fun. Yes, Skywarn has
its place in your part of the country.


This thing doesn't have a backup battery does it ? If so have you
replaced it !

I think it stores in erasable prom but can't be sure. I had it open
once and don't recall seeing anything big enough to be a supercap or
battery. It's really miniaturized.


A friend of mine had a HT, Icom I think, with a 2021 battery in it. It
went bananas changing channels when you pressed TX. Turned out that the
battery was the problem. Now I don't know whether it was low voltage or
corrosion because it was repaired by the supplier.

Sadly he's now silent key, so I can't go and ask him. Come to think
about it my FT290 has a battery in it... I'll have to check that !

I'll have another look when I pull it apart to clean the conductive pad
on the power button. I'm sure there are no 3 volt lithium cells in it in
the 20xx size.



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