Codan HF trouble

sounds like low power (voltage)to me. make shore there are good connections at battery and at set.
kevin

The on/off pad is a well know wear point on these radios and may well be faulty. Unfortunately there isn't much of a fix known, apart from inserting another more crude style of on/off button. The face panels with switch membrane are extremely hard to find and the radio model is now so long in the tooth the Codan no longer support spare parts for it.

If you scour eBay long enough, you may just find another remote head, but I would try the simple things mentioned above re the power and earth wires and all connections. Also double check all wires in the "D" style plugs that plug into the back of the set and antenna control cable....these have been know to wear after years of corrugations etc....

Let us know how you go....

Cheers,

Mark

G'day Jedo,

Does the display show anything when this beep-beep-beep happens? Mine was doing that and the display had "UL" on it.

If it is showing a "UL" it is saying that the synthesizer is unlocked and it will have to visit a repair shop to fix.

Fortunately it was a inexpensive repair, about $50 from memory.

HTH

I reckon the front 'panel' could be cactus.
I had similar probs. withy our 8525, but luckily managed to procure a brand new panel. Replaced it and now all good.
The replacement parts are as scarce as 'rocking horse manure'- but if your desperate- I may be able to give you a lead.