My HF is not transmitting

With the 9323 you can select power high/low. You havent accidently got it on low ?

Gooday Joff1,
The other possibility is that you have a cable fault..... you can still recieve ok, but on transmit it breaks down as that's when the power is applied. So thoroughly check your aerial cables and connections; one dab of solder or stray screening wire can spell disaster on transmit.
All the best for your trip.

Joff1

Call VKS on the phone and telll them your issue, and ask if you can call them on the radio while on the phone. They can let you know if they heard you.

Have you tried beacon calling the base stations. If you get a revertive, then you know you are working fine.

So times when you listen to skeds, the base appears very loud. You cannot assume that your signal is as strong as what you hare hearing. Base Stations use a much bigger antenna so they have the capability to get out a little easier than your auto tune. But given the right conditions & frequency, you will be able to transmit a very good signal.

Oh, BTW, if you call a **99 beacon at a base station, you have to selcall the **99 number, not beacon call it.

Joff, the above suggestion is a great one. Selcall one of the stations beacons and see if you can hear the beacon come back.

Where are you can recommend a guy in Burpengary in QLD.

Graham is on the right track. Stop fiddling and get it to a technician. You could be doing more damage.

Where are you?

What is your home / radio test location Joff ? I do some base skeds for the volunteer team at VKS737 - could suggest what you could expect from your location re comms - I could fire up a base at an agreed time to run a test.
The radios are extremely complex of course - only one small 'thingy' needs to be playing up for the operation to fail - some maintenance over the years is to be expected as I'm sure you know, but that said, they are also amazingly durable. Had an issue with my Barrett 950 though, at one stage - RX fine - Tx no good - back to the factory - and all fixed for a very reasonable dollar I'm pleased to say.

I'm in Airlie Beach at the moment but planning to leave this backpacker infested tourist rippoff (slightly tongue in cheek) town and head NW before takling the cape (if it's not to wet).

They tell me there is a mob in Townsville. Olbis??

Are they anygood at this stuff?

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Hi, have you tried another mike? See if you can borrow one as it may not be the radio at all. Graham, mobile 5893.

Are you running an inverter or fridge near your radio? These can affect transmission. I was involved in helping a bloke out with a motorhome equipped with an HF. Mine was working OK but he couldn't transmit. We finally found that shutting down his inverters solved the problem. I have heard some fridges and switchmode power supplies can cause problems.
Rod

Joff - As I am having a similiar problem can you post your resolution to the problem whenever.

thanks

Thanks for all the replies. On Stu's recommendation I shot off down to Miles Electronics in Cairns today. 2 great blokes came out to my Cruiser to have a bo-peep. They soon figured it to be a mic issue.

After an unsuccessfull attemp to fix it they fished through some old boxes to find a second handy. We were starting to lose hope when the first one they found had the same issue mine did, but the could see by the torn clothes hanging off me I wasn't keen on paying $290 for a new mic.

They kept searching and finally found a 2nd hand unit that worked a treat. About 45 minutes of rooting around and all they charged me was 50 clams, including the 2nd hand mic. I told em to double it but they would have non of it..

I'm 3x3 to Alice base about 20 minutes ago.

Huge thanks to the guys at Miles Electronics in Cairns. and thanks to Stu.