[Moon] [Moon-Net] TS-2000X Audio oddity

[DW Harms (Dick)]

Looks like your TS2000x does not like the howling sound of FT8 Sean 😁😁
Just joking...

I think it could not be related to the backup battery, only when you loose settings turning on/off. The resetting hiwever does look battery related.
I would rather look for a bad solder joint or connecting cables making bad contact in the audio part of the radio.

73, Dick PA2DW 

> Op 13 mei 2019 om 16:25 heeft Sean McHenry via Moon-net <moon-net at mailman.pe1itr.com> het volgende geschreven:
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> Hello all, I am troubleshooting this issue with some of the brightest minds in the Kenwood TS-2000 world but I thought I would toss this video link out to the group. My TS-2000X started having an audio issue a month or so ago.  The audio level on both Main and Sub bands comes and goes until the unit warms up for a half hour or so.  Turning the volume pot seems to have no effect on it nor does pushing and pulling on the knob (as if it had dirty contacts).  The RF meter shows steady throughout the dropouts.  It’s worse toward the end of the video in the link below.  It was suggested that it could be the ext spkr jacks. I have exercised them and it does this with no change using either the internal or external speaker.
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> I have been given a solid lead about the DSP circuit which I hope to test this weekend. Until then, has anyone run across this before?
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> Also, I have heard various thoughts but, does the internal battery have anything to do with memory channel retention?  The newest fun thing is the radio is resetting when I power it down. That sure sounds like a battery issue to me.  I plan to replace it today or tomorrow as a matter of routine.  I have heard it only holds the internal TNC info is why I ask.  That doesn’t sound right.
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> Video is on Youtubube:  https://youtu.be/0EgPItLislc
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> Sean
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