I don't see why it would be a big deal to remove the auto-tuner from the
440SAT. I have the 690S(AT) which is just a 450S with 6M built in. The
manual for the radio has a 9 step instruction for INSTALLING the
auto-tuner. Start at step 9 and work backwards to UN-install the tuner.
The 450 is basically an updated 440.

Scott
N0EDV

gwatts wrote:
gwatts wrote:

wrote:

This may not seem like a "homebrew" question, but it is!

I have a Kenwood 440SAT which is failing...

Any suggestions?



How is the 440SAT failing? Any chance of repairing it or selling it
as-is?

W8LNA


To which I should have added:
Taking the tuner out of the radio and making it work as a stand-alone
tuner might be interesting but more likely a huge effort. You should
first get the manuals and schematics for the radio and the stand alone
Kenwood tuner and see what ends up where between the built-in and
stand-alone versions. If you can fix the radio then you have a radio
with a built-in tuner. If you sell the radio as-is you might have
enough to buy a new auto-tuner like an LDG,
http://www.ldgelectronics.com/ If you actually can remove the tuner and
make it work as a stand-alone version you should write an article about it.

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Scott
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Gotta Fly or Gonna Die
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