Is there an experienced Astro Saber technician in the house?

[Elroy Jetson]

I have an 800 MHz Astro Saber III in utterly pristine condition that I just got for a very, very fair price.

It doesn't work at all. Dead.

So I swapped around controllers between this one and another AS, but in a different band. The point is only to find out
if the trouble is with the controller or the RF board.

It's with the RF board.

The on-board fuse at the bottom edge is NOT blown.

What's the next most likely cause of a total failure to operate if the fuse is good and so's the vocon board?



Elroy

[Elroy Jetson]

I tried swapping the RF board into a known good frame and it wasn't a frame flex issue. The RF board does indeed have a problem.

I'll get it fixed...but as I don't have the manual, I don't have a really good place to start troubleshooting.

The vocon board is good and I've read it. Definitely 1 meg, with a nice feature package but not a whored-out job. 840001-000400-3.


Funny, I didn't even KNOW there was a SmartZone system in PERU! But there's little doubt. System IDs in the radio: 0013 and 8013.


Elroy