President Lincoln II + DOA

[Recon]

Received new Lincoln today. Had a on and off three-minute conversation with a friend and it died!
I unpacked the radio and waited thirty-minutes to match the temperature of my home prior to conducting my first radio check.
The receive was great but he told me that I was breaking up. When we stopped communicating, I started to double-check and adjust the external RF Power to five watts and the radio stopped transmitting with the mic button depressed.
Here we go!

 

[sp5it]

Received new Lincoln today. Had a on and off three-minute conversation with a friend and it died!

First: title of that post is a lie.
Second: make warranty claim to the seller.
Mike

 

[groundwire]

dont you just love it. spend big money on brand new equipment and it doesn't work. its so common now its just stupid already. can you imagine if cars were like this? brand new car, drive it off the lot, engine locks up, no oil. manufacturer says"way it goes! it happens, send it in for warranty repair". hahaha. everything nowadays is a complete joke already.

 

[Recon]

dont you just love it. spend big money on brand new equipment and it doesn't work. its so common now its just stupid already. can you imagine if cars were like this? brand new car, drive it off the lot, engine locks up, no oil. manufacturer says"way it goes! it happens, send it in for warranty repair". hahaha. everything nowadays is a complete joke already.

I don't know what happened, but I reset the radio, and all is good so far.

 

[whiteastro]

dont you just love it. spend big money on brand new equipment and it doesn't work. its so common now its just stupid already. can you imagine if cars were like this? brand new car, drive it off the lot, engine locks up, no oil. manufacturer says"way it goes! it happens, send it in for warranty repair". hahaha. everything nowadays is a complete joke already.

Yeah you buy new because there is a shortage of good techs to work on old radios and where does it get you. I still have to take my Lincoln II+ out to Bob's CB shop so the monkeys don't bounce it around in transit. Probably next week because the weather is finally beginning to break.

 

[whiteastro]

I don't know what happened, but I reset the radio, and all is good so far.

Just wondering, did you get it modded for 11 meter also or just running the 2 ham bands ?

 

[Recon]

Just wondering, did you get it modded for 11 meter also or just running the 2 ham bands ?

Modified for 11 meters. All is good now. I cannot explain why I had to reset. Nice clean and crisp receive on AM and FM.

 

[whiteastro]

Modified for 11 meters. All is good now. I cannot explain why I had to reset. Nice clean and crisp receive on AM and FM.

I always like to see when the little guy wins one !

 

[w9cll]

I would still return it for a replacement, it will do it again and while the reset is resolving it there will be a time when it doesn't.

 

[9C1Driver]

If the radio works fine now why would a store replace it? If you have a cell phone, tablet, or laptop that has a hangup step one is restart the device. Most of those issues are software based and a re-boot fixes the problem. A new radio like the Lincoln is the same way pretty much. Now being brand new if it does this again or several more times then yea I would return it or have them re-load the software.

 

[Shadetree Mechanic]

The one thing that I can say about Amazon, they have a 30 day return, no questions asked.

 

[Recon]

I would still return it for a replacement, it will do it again and while the reset is resolving it there will be a time when it doesn't.

Operator error! Me! The TOT (Time Out Timer) was set too low.

 

[whiteastro]

Operator error! Me! The TOT (Time Out Timer) was set too low.

Thanks ! That will give me something to check out on mine. Right now it just sets on the shelf with my collection waiting for a ride to Bob's CB Shop for alignment.

 

[Recon]

Thanks ! That will give me something to check out on mine. Right now it just sets on the shelf with my collection waiting for a ride to Bob's CB Shop for alignment.

What is the defect with your radio?

 

[whiteastro]

What is the defect with your radio?

Poor alignment and receive and gave it half a day to acclimate to room temp before trying it. They say this radio is cold blooded but of coarse I didn't read that before I bought it or I would have went with Anytone. Oh well guess I'll have to quit playing this money grabbing game and just run with what I have and not be chasing Rainbows ! LOL