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 4640 PN  1092 AAR2HG AAR2KJ   ---  920502 info
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R:920502/0900 @:AAR2HG.#ENY.RGN2.EA.CONUS Middletown, NY #:4640 Z:10940

IF YOU OWN A KENWOOD TH-77A RADIO WITH A SERIAL MUMBERS THAT START WITH A 20XXXXXX. (MY STARTED WITH 206XXXXX).

THE PROBLEM THAT I HAD WITH THIS RADIO WAS MEMORY LOSE. WHEN THE BATTERY PACK WAS OVER DISCHARGED, AND THE RADIO DISPLAY STARTS TO FLASH AND FADES AWAY, AT THIS POINT I HAD ALREADY LOST ALL MEMORY. WHEN I REPLACED THE BATTERY PACK WITH A NEW ONE THE RADIO HAD NO MEMORY AT ALL DISPLAYING14400 AND 44000 MHZ.

I HAD CALLED UP KENWOOD'S SERVICE DEPARTMENT IN CA. ON MAY 1, 1992, AND TOLD HIM MY ABOUT MY PROBLEM. HE SAID THAT THIS RADIO WAS THE FIRST TO BE MADE AND THERE, WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE SWITCHING CIRCUIT IN THE CPU. IT WAS TO SLOW IN SWITCING TO BATTERY BACKUP, IN LATER MODLES THIS PROBLEM WAS SOLVED. SO HE INFORMED ME TO SHIP THE RADIO BACK TO KENWOOD FOR REPAIRS.

PS IF YOU HAD PRESSED THE POWER AND THE 8 KEY AND WONDERED ABOUT THE RIGHT DISPLAY E1 OR E2 BY TURNING THE "TUNING CONTROL" E1 IS FOR AIRCRAFT SCAN AND E2 IS FOR AMATEUR BANDS SCAN 
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