Got two of these last night, put one together, worked great the first
time. I got TEST from memory one, V out of two, CQ out of three,
and 1 out of four. Then I tried to change the sidetone, didn't
seem to work so I went on to programming "stuff" into the memories.
Blammmo... with the paddles closed (both sides .-.-.-.-.-) the
battery clip popped off. Since then it seems to work fine as long as the
93LC66 is out but I still can't change the sidetone and it seems to run
r e a l s l o w when the memory is in. Also it kinda runs backwards,
it reports 40 wpm but at a 7 wpm rate, did I just kill the memory? Or is
the 68HC705 lobotomized?
I'm wondering if I should troubleshoot this with parts from the other kit
or just put the other one together and not risk toasting anymore parts?
Running it off a 9V alkaline (through the regulator) it draws about 3.5mA
at idle, and about 65mA at full sidetone volume. With the memory in it
idles at about the same current but goes to about 100mA at full volume
when tapping out the speed. Any ideas? Gotta get this thing done by
FYBO, so y'all have a 5 point target to shoot at :)
72 de N3XRV/T
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