XTS3000 III returned & STILL not fixed

[webmedics]

I'm beginning to think there's a conspiracy against me getting my XTS back on the air.

I've just picked it up from a 5 week visit to the local (and Third) shop in an attempt to troubleshoot it's issues.

After a temper tanntrum they put it on the bench for about 5 minutes and told me it's right on FREQ, but with very low output. How low? They didn't say, nor did they offer a solution. I was just so fed up I wanted it back so I could take it to the Fifth shop.

Does anyone have any ideas about the issues this obviously parts built radio has? It's on FREQ, powers up, reads and writes just fine with the CPS, but seems to have low output. Is there anything I can do from my amateur ability? I have no test equipment so I guess I need suggestions for a reputable shop that will work on a parts built radio.

Unless NICK, you're out there reading this and want to send me another one of your specials.

[tvsjr]

Sounds pretty simple... the final transistor is toast. I've replaced RF decks in two XTS3s... one was turning about 1watt, one <100mW. Replace the RF deck and have it aligned.

[RFguy]

Are these all Authorized Motorola service shops (MSS)?
If they were proper MSS's, they should have offered at least a couple of options (flat rate repair, board replacement).

[webmedics]

I'm sorry about repeating myself while whining. There are already a couple of threads telling the sad story of this radios' life.

The first shop was a fully logo'd Motorola Shop. They were about as useful as a Radio Shack is at Ham Radios. (does anyone remember Tandy or Tech America?) They "always wanted to see and XTS portable" ....that was my first clue. Then they charged me $34 to put the RF mic adapter on the radio for me to use my PS Mic bought on Ebay. Anyway, after a month the shop got in over thier heads and sent the radio to Illinois. It came back with a letter and a warning. I was happy I even got it back.

So I went to another shop, in another state. They called Moneyrola and shipped it back to me UPS priority, without any explanation, but free of charge.

So I went to a basic radio shop. Told them the story, added the name Nick DeLuca (or who-ever he is) and told them not to call the Mother Ship, just tell me if it's on FREQ and putting out anything near 5 watts. 5 weeks later they hadn't gotten around to it. Apparently unless you're asking them to put trunked digital Spectras in a cruiser you're just not worth thier effort.

The shop owner's wife called the tech that had my radio, chewed him a new arse, screamed to the back for another 20-something radio geek to "get up here" and asked him to check the alignment. In spite of an entire zone of mutual aid freq's labled "155.340 EMS" "155.475 LAW" and "155.280 FIRE" and even "162.550 WX" he couldn't figure out what Freq's were in the VHF radio without the software to read the codeplug..... It was at that point I realized that I had gone to the wrong shop once again.

So here I am with a really nice radio
R07.13.00
DSPN 07.03.20
599108-1C5E00-1
and nobody can hear me.

Did I mention I've even got the Voiceducer and a David Clark headset for Fire Operations (or sporting events, or pit crews or rock concerts.....)

[Bruce1807]

Are these all Authorized Motorola service shops (MSS)?
If they were proper MSS's, they should have offered at least a couple of options (flat rate repair, board replacement).

Proper MSS 's wont touch a hacked or parts built radio unless they wan't to risk their relationship with Motherola.

Would Dell work on a parts built Laptop?
Na!
Comes back to buyer beware!

[jmr061]

Batdude (Doug) has a listing in the for sale forum, he has a VHF RF board for the XTS for $250.

Jason

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[spectragod]

Get with Batdude for the RF board, I can install it and make sure it is aligned.

SG

[mancow]

Do they use the same final RF block as a regular Jedi (HT1000, MTS2000, etc...) ?

[jmr061]

I was sent this radio and found that one of the smd parts on the RF board had a solder joint that broke and the piece was about to fall off. Re-soldered it and its good to go.

Apparently the radio was dropped once and may have caused this.

Jason