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- Date: Thu, 11 Oct 90 10:07:26 EDT
- From: szarekw@LONEX.RADC.AF.MIL (William J. Szarek)
- Subject: Alinco DR-590T
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- In response to buzz here are my findings regarding the 590T
-
-
- >I just picked up a brand new Alinco DR-590T and have had some problems that
- >I would like to share with you all out there in ham-net land. Maybe someone
- >out there can help me with a couple of these problems.
-
- I guess not too many people have these rigs yet otherwise I would not have
- to respond to your request. I hope there are others besides yourself that
- are interested in this information. In any event this is what worked for
- me (sans jinglish). I am not however responsible for what you do to your
- rig . . . etc.
-
- >1, I got this unit because of all the cool features it is supposed to have,
- >including cross-band repeat. The instruction manual does not even mention
- >this feature. After calling Alinco I found that this was a feature functions
- >only after modification. They said (more than a week and a half ago) that the
- y
- >would send me the modification instructions. I haven't heard anything from
- >them.
-
- If you ask them (nicely) there are (a few) dudes at Alinco that are willing
- to help and are smart enought to be helpfull (there is a differance ;-}).
- They can fax you the information or even send it to you next day air at no
- charge if you ask politely or are VERY persistant (as in my case).
- Now the big news . . . to modify the rig to xmit out of band (to call the
- cops etc ;-}), to operate as a cross band remote, etc. follow these easy
- steps.
- 1) remove the control head from the unit (2 screws on each side of
- the forward part of the rig, near the control head).
- 2) hold the control head in your hand face down and remove the two screws
- you see on the back of the control head.
-
- 3) remove the cover from the back of the control head (it snaps off)
-
- 4) locate a blue loop of wire. There is only one blue loop of wire.
- CONTINUED IN DR590T.1
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