HI All,
I am a VK who is a new member of the group and have had a couple of strange things that occurred on the display of the Maxlog 8900, so being clever, I thought, lets reboot the radio, ie hold function key in while turning on and sure enough, display perfect.
Downside, now the radio acts like a European version, ie 28/29 Mhz only and I need to find out the way to get it back to being an export version. Keeping in mind, I have owned this radio an entire 6 hours from arriving here from the seller.
Second issue, and an interesting one, there is a predominant hum heard on tx on ssb or any other mode for that matter, put my hand on the radio, goes away. Tried a few different antennas for a bit of fun, dummy load, etc, and the hum stays, right up until I put my hand on the mic socket of the radio, bingo, hum gone. Checked with two separate power supplies just in case, no change. Possibly a mic issue, may try and adapt a standard cb mic if i can find where to get a 6 pin plug, didnt want to steal the plug off the original mic if there was a 6 pin available at the local store to play with.
So obviously a bit new to the Maxlog gear, been primarily an Icom man using an IC7850 with an Acom 2000 and a few optibeam antennas over here in N/E VK3, but if anyone can assist, it was going to be a great radio for 24 and 28 Mhz and I have royally fixed that from being possible by doing a reset.
Any suggestions of how to move forward would be most appreciated, you guys looking through the forum know a load more than I do on this radio and maybe able to assist.
Thanks in advance to any helpers and a merry xmas and a happy new year to all members
Cheers
Brenton
I am a VK who is a new member of the group and have had a couple of strange things that occurred on the display of the Maxlog 8900, so being clever, I thought, lets reboot the radio, ie hold function key in while turning on and sure enough, display perfect.
Downside, now the radio acts like a European version, ie 28/29 Mhz only and I need to find out the way to get it back to being an export version. Keeping in mind, I have owned this radio an entire 6 hours from arriving here from the seller.
Second issue, and an interesting one, there is a predominant hum heard on tx on ssb or any other mode for that matter, put my hand on the radio, goes away. Tried a few different antennas for a bit of fun, dummy load, etc, and the hum stays, right up until I put my hand on the mic socket of the radio, bingo, hum gone. Checked with two separate power supplies just in case, no change. Possibly a mic issue, may try and adapt a standard cb mic if i can find where to get a 6 pin plug, didnt want to steal the plug off the original mic if there was a 6 pin available at the local store to play with.
So obviously a bit new to the Maxlog gear, been primarily an Icom man using an IC7850 with an Acom 2000 and a few optibeam antennas over here in N/E VK3, but if anyone can assist, it was going to be a great radio for 24 and 28 Mhz and I have royally fixed that from being possible by doing a reset.
Any suggestions of how to move forward would be most appreciated, you guys looking through the forum know a load more than I do on this radio and maybe able to assist.
Thanks in advance to any helpers and a merry xmas and a happy new year to all members
Cheers
Brenton
