FloridaMan Posted May 24, 2020 Report Posted May 24, 2020 Before I go and send this off, I'd like to make sure there's not something stupid that I'm missing. When my 430 is on, I hear a faint ticking sound in my headset (RX is not illuminated except when receiving). The ticking sound remains even with the alternator field pulled and the rest of the radio stack and transponder turned off. I can receive just fine. Tower says my transmissions are unreadable. Reracking a few times seems to sometimes fix it. I borrowed a 430W to try and I was "loud and clear" on that radio and no ticking sound in the headset. Swapped back to my 430W and the problem returned. It sounds like I need to drop the $1200 for the flat rate service, but wanted to make sure there wasn't something else I should try. Quote
neilpilot Posted May 24, 2020 Report Posted May 24, 2020 17 minutes ago, FloridaMan said: Reracking a few times seems to sometimes fix it. Have you inspected the connectors on the 430? Maybe give it a quick spray with contact cleaner. 2 Quote
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