freegespeed
Active Member
Well, I was lucky I had my back up Icom hand held tranceiver on my cross country flight to French Valley from San Diego today. Out of nowhere I suddenly couldn't get .50 on the second and third toggles of my Val radio. I could work many other combinations but not that one, which is important, as it's part of my home tower's frequency down here at Brown Field.
The manual says that voltage fluxuations can change the frequencies to unselected numbers, but that is not exactly my problem. My second and third toggles are skipping certain numbers and working fine on others.
I did have a panel circuit breaker pop on me today in the hanger after my cigarette lighter adapter for my gps came apart in the plug hole. I fixed the lighter adapter, pushed back the circuit breaker and it all went back to normal. I doubt this would a factor because the Val radio problem occured at the end of the flight after an hour and a half of normal operation.
I don't see many of these radios out there but I thought I'd give ita shot, so if anyone can steer me in some general direction I'll start working on this problem. I e-mailed the manufacturer today so I should here something them soon.
Thanks, Clark
The manual says that voltage fluxuations can change the frequencies to unselected numbers, but that is not exactly my problem. My second and third toggles are skipping certain numbers and working fine on others.
I did have a panel circuit breaker pop on me today in the hanger after my cigarette lighter adapter for my gps came apart in the plug hole. I fixed the lighter adapter, pushed back the circuit breaker and it all went back to normal. I doubt this would a factor because the Val radio problem occured at the end of the flight after an hour and a half of normal operation.
I don't see many of these radios out there but I thought I'd give ita shot, so if anyone can steer me in some general direction I'll start working on this problem. I e-mailed the manufacturer today so I should here something them soon.
Thanks, Clark