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Problem Lot Sympthom Fix avail

 Audio distortion No

CW/DSP 12 es

DSP to!!le es

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 Audio distortion 'hen runnin! ($ 'atts or less hasbeen reported by several ops)

*n hi!h speed CW 'ith DSP on +eyin! ,lips) At #$WP-. the ,lippin! !ets so bad that only random dits,ome throu!h)

When pressin! DSP button the DSP menu is a,tivated)When pressin! a se,ond time. the menu does notto!!le ba,+ to the previous)

e,eivin! SS0 on lo'er bands 3$ meters4 usin! theFP" #$ po'er supply ,auses noise and heterodynes

that are not present 'hen operatin! 5rom an external1#)67 po'er sour,e)

-8"(9A6: D;-F -i,,ompability

Firm'are update to ma+e the F;"69< ,ompatible 'iththis mi,rophone)

Po'er output 5ailurein the ,ar 

*ntermittent po'er 5ailure in the ,ar 'hen en!ine isrunnin!

Pro!ram -emoryS,an

P-S does not 'or+ in ,ertain Amateur 5re=uen,yran!es""5or example. 1

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Warranty Notes

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W3CN> o55ers this solution? ;he audio distortion issueonly o,,urs on SS0 -ode any band4 i5 you do not havethe F Spee,h pro,essor turned on 'ith a minimumsettin! o5 1$ on the menu) -a+e sure that you havepro, on and a minimum settin! o5 1$)

Some reports indi,ate that this problem also a55e,ts CA;inter,ommand time expands4 When DSP is on) ;he 5ixin,ludes repla,in! the CP@ 'i,h also ta+es ,are o5 theDSP to!!le and remote ,ontrol mi,rophone issues)

Lot 11 #C114 seems not to have this problem) *t isnot ,lear i5 this problem alone 'ill be 5ixed by 'arranty)Sendin! the unit ba,+ 5or the CW/DSP problem 'ill !etthis 5ixed too)

Fixed 'hen 5irm'are is updated 5or other 'arrantyitems) See BCW/DSPB

easu a,+no'led!es that this is problem 'ith earlierunits. it is ,aused by !enerator noise tri!!erin! SWprote,tion) ;'o ,apa,itors need to be repla,ed)