[Kenwood] TS-830S Display Problem

Sat Apr 15 16:11:55 EDT 2006

At 19:42 15/04/2006, you wrote:
>I'm posting this for a friend and can relay any
>replies.
>>The TS-830S frequency display seems to work up thru
>the first 300 KHz of each band, then starts to count
>down to the bottom of the band frequency. At first, I
>thought the VFO was backtracking, but listened to some
>verifiable transmissions in the part of the bands
>above the approx 300 KHz level, and it seems to be
>tuning, OK, just not accurately presenting the
>frequency up there. I looked in the survival guide,
>but no dice. Any ideas?
>>In other words, the radio works up to the top of the
>frequency range, the the display counts backwards
>after reaching the 300 mark

Since this occurs on all bands, have you checked the output of the 
VFO? This can be adjusted by means of TC2 at the front of the VFO 
unit. Should give 200mv at pin2 of connector 5 on the PLL board.
Chris