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Alinco DJ-500T handheld radio will not transmit, why?

Shows the word OFF on screen when PTT is pressed. In settings "TX" is set to on, what am I missing? The manual is no use due to poor translation and general incompleteness.
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Is the Alinco DJMD5 illegal for ham use?

I am quite interested in buying the Alinco DJMD5TGP as it seems like a full-featured radio for a low price. And I have already started studying for my Technician license so I can transmit. And then I ran across this article, which seems to state…
The Blender Bender
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Alinco DX70 TH at 10W

Is it possible to make the Alinco DX70 TH operate at 10W PEP? The radio seems to be 100W and I read somewhere that you could switch it to 50W, but since my licence currently limits me to 10W, I'd like to see if that's possible.
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Where to pull audio for packet on an alinco DR-600

I have an old Alinco dual-band radio, the DR-600 (service manual) (manual) I want to use this radio for receiving APRS packets. The speaker audio out Works but there are too many things to go wrong with Squelch, Volume knobs, or filter circuits…
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Alinco DJ-VX50 programming interface

I would like to avoid buying overpriced ERW-7 programming cable. I tried several USB/serial interfaces following instructions from other users, e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQT3d-_-kdU There seems to be hardware dependency - programming…
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Alinco DJ 500 is having a problem hitting 440 repeaters, the PL and the offset are good and the input IS IN THE BAND. Other HT works great with rpt

My Alinco dj 500 worked great for years and suddenly I can’t hit any of the local 440 repeaters with it. My other ht (tytera md380) works great with these repeaters. I have the right pl and the input and output frequencies are within the right…
RJ Macoute
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Squelch sensitivity decreased when antenna is connected

I have a radio with a really horrible squelch. When the knob is all the way to most sensitive, the squelch has problems, the noise is not constant, the noise comes on and goes off. When the antenna is disconnected, I hear the noise when the squelch…
Skyler 440
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Alinco DR-635 programming software

I see that RT-Systems sells programming software and a cable so you can program the Alinco DR-635's internal memory via your laptop instead of through the Alinco's cryptic and hostile user interface. Has anybody tried this product? Is its user…
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CHIRP-programmability of the Alinco DR-635T/E

I am a beginner in ham radio and am trying to program repeater data into my Alinco DR-635T/E VHF/UHF mobile radio. The manual that came with the radio is so poorly written that I could not successfully enter data using the steps in the manual and…
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