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- Date: 2 February 1985
- From: Headquarters, Indiana Wing/DC
- To: Azden PCS-300 Owners
- Subj: Adjustment of PCS-300 PLL
-
- One of our members recently experienced a problem with his Azden
- PCS-300 handheld VHF transceiver. The problem appeared to be a
- failure to transmit for more than a second or two at the
- beginning of each transmission. In actuality, the radio was
- transmitting but the frequency was slowly drifting up to about
- 151 MHz.
-
- After some correspondence with the U.S. distributor of the radio,
- the following cure was found. The problem is caused by a
- misalignment of the VCO in the PLL circuit.
-
- There are 3 circuit boards in the PCS-300. Of course, the one
- you want is the most difficult to get at, the one in the middle.
-
- To get at the correct board, first you must remove the cover.
- Then you must remove 4 screws, 2 at the bottom of the radio,
- underneath the battery pack, and 2 more near the top of the radio
- between the top circuit board and the heat sink. This will
- enable you to separate the radio, but the plug-in cable to J101
- is quite short and must remain connected for you to make the
- required measurements. If you will turn the front panel
- counterclockwise about 1/8 turn, you should be able to get at
- transformer T104 which is quite close to R137. The top exposed
- end of R137 is TP103.
-
- 1.) Turn power on and connect digital voltmeter to TP103.
- 2.) Set frequency of radio for 142.000 MHz.
- 3.) Adjust T104 until voltmeter reads 1.00 volts plus or minus
- 0.3 volt.
-