Alinco DR-135 problem. :(

[andymuza]

Ah right, you bothering with another considering your recent run of bad luck with new kit?

[Mudslinger]

I won't be bothering for a while.

I still have enough old radios to keep me on air for the time being.

[andymuza]

I won't be bothering for a while.

I still have enough old radios to keep me on air for the time being.

Can't fault you bud.

[original45]

Bumping a old thread, did you ever get the night illumination working again or find out why it failed..got same issue finding it rather annoying.

[Mudslinger]

I sent it back and got a refund. No explaination as to why it failed, but as i said on the oter thread I have had issues with other ones as well.

If I had to guess the cause it would probably be due to poor quality parts or soldering somewhere.

[Buick Mackane]

There seems to be an issue on most radios with the night illumination lasting as long as an X factor winners career

[Mudslinger]

Just long enough to get it out from the shop.

Not a fan of these Chinese 10/11m sets personally, they work ok when they are working, but in my experience they don't stay working for long.

On these it seems that the first ones had issues and that they have done absolutely nothing to resolve them.

[original45]

Don't get me wrong I have had my issues with the dx10 but now identified rf as cause I just need to try to get the illumination working so I have a decent working modern radio.
Audio is now clean and loud and once warmed up stable on band.
Just chasing this illumination that never was.

[astradyne]

There seems to be an issue on most radios with the night illumination lasting as long as an X factor winners career

The terrible Cobra 200 are renowned for the nightwatch display failing. Just about all that appear on ebay say something like "nightwatch not working. Common issue on these. Doesn't effect the use of the radio". Same with the older Cobra 25's and 29's.

Saying that, I do have a Superstar 3900EL which still has the working nightwatch feature. As standard it was hard wired to be on so I utilised the pull-out SWR control to make it switchable. Hopefully that'll give it a few years more life as the feature is pretty much pointless during the day or in a well lit room.