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"Graham" wrote:

? My Ft 480 has developed a odd fault ..

when first turned on from cold rx works fine, but set will not go to tx
when mic pressed-in all modes- (or cw key) wait about 30 seconds with
mic/key pressed - then it go's to tx and works fine

from cold, there is no click from the t/r relay .. once it had wored ,
keeps running fine .. any one seen this before ? ... i assume its may
be a relay .. but that dont explain why there is no responce at turn on
?

Tnx

G ..

hi sorry to hear about your troubles i guess it's a ft-480r?

it might be a bad relay or switchin the mike, even a bad mike cord try
pressing the call button does it still happen? then it's not the mike
or mike cable rulling out the simple stuff first

i am an original owner and my relays are still fast, it's way off
freq now so i have to send my in for repairs its prob pll or needs
recalabration

shoot some relay cleaner in them and see what hapens

if its not a relay then since it only keys on warmup you might have a
part bad or smthing


good luck sorry i can't offer better advice

it'sa great rig