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Arrgghhhhhh!!! :-(
I took a 45 minute flight to Willows this morning, for breakfast... The radio worked like a charm all the way there... I took off out of Willows, and 5 minutes into the flight (while monitoring Oakland Center), I noticed the reception was getting scratchy, then... No transmit, no reception, no side-tone while attempting to transmit. I tried applying pressure to the radio to make sure it was seated properly and even tried wiggling it a bit while applying pressure, but... nothing! However, about 5 miles out from Cameron Park airport the radio worked for about a minute and enabled me to make a down-wind call. Then... the same thing, no transmit, no receive, no side-tone while transmitting! :-( I think I confirmed (once on the ground at Cameron Park) that I can plug my headset into the plane jacks and by-pass the intercomm, so that's what I will try next, as well as throwing in a TKM that my mechanic says I can try... It sure seems like a vibration or heat issue??? Once on the ground and the plane shut-down and secured, I plugged the headsets back in to the intercomm and the radio worked like a charm. That would confirm the several hour bench check done by the avionics shop. Something is happening in flight... Any thoughts? I couldn't get anything off my intercomm to provide a make/model. I had my friend take a digital pic of the panel, so I should be getting that soon, if that will help??? Todd |
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