Don't know if this will help you with your TS-680 but I had to turn on CTS & RTS to get HRD to work with my Kenwood TS-2000.  I didn't have to do that with any other radios.  You might give that a try.

Good luck,
John WA4BLM

I tried associating my CM license with ULS but kept getting a "not found" error.  After I had tried to enter it several ways (except the right one) I sent an e-mail to the FCC and got a pretty quick response back.  On my license the number is in the format of PG-6-11111.  The e-mail said to enter it as PG0611111 (no dashes and a zero between the PG and the 6).  I entered it that way and it accepted it.

Hi Greg.

Hope your radio keeps working.  I had a similar problem with mine.  It would run for a few minutes, sometimes several hours, and then give the problem you describe.  This was during the summer and the shack was kind of warm so I thought it might be heat related.  I took both covers off and blew it out well with an air compressor.  Since then I have had no more problems, even when leaving it runing all day numerous times.  There did not seem to be that much dust when I blew it out but maybe there was just enough in the wrong place.  I saw and commented on this in the Yahoo Group for the TS-2000 so maybe this is a somewhat common problem in the 2000.  If yours starts acting up you might give it a try, especially around the fan.  It can't hurt anything and, apparently, it fixed mine.

73 and good luck,
John WA4BLM  

I suspect the problem may be your antenna not being resonant at WWV's frequency.  You might try setting your receiver to 10.000 mHz AM (usually the best freq) and run your Tarheel up and/or down to see if it comes in.  I'm not familiar with screwdriver mobile antennas so hopefully it doesn't create any hash while running that might mask the signal.  Of course, current propagation conditions will matter too.  I'm receiving WWV on 10 mHz now and it's varying from S3 to S9+ due to QSB.  Interestingly, WWV on 15 mHz is stronger and less QSB now though usually not the case.

On a different note, I was always curious about WWVB so, after reading the replies here, I tuned down to 60 kHz.  Sure enough, there it was weak but perfectly readable on my 75M inverted vee.  Thanks, guys.

John WA4BLM      

Sounds like it needs the Andy Griffith "No Time For Sergeants" fix:

Spit in the back and bash it on the top!

I use a heat gun I got from Harbor Freight:

http://search.harborfreight.com/cpisearch/web/search.do?keyword=heat+gun&Submit=Go

Currently on sale for $10 with the accessory kit another $7 if you want.

John WA4BLM

I use a Windows program called APRS Plus SA that uses the DeLorme maps.  Unfortunately, it will only use the older ones through version 9 and will not work with the latest versions of Street Atlas.  It was a shareware program but not long ago became freeware.  You should be able to download a copy from tapr.org or do a search on Google.

John WA4BLM

JPS is still in business but, as far as ham radio is concerned, they may as well not be.  Check this link for their policy on ham support:

http://www.jps.com/index.asp?node=70

They do say check with Timewave for the ANC-4 but don't mention anything else.  I have an NIR-10 myself but fortunately it still works.  Guess we all have orphans.

Good luck with it.

John WA4BLM

Check out this link:

http://www.arrl.org/members-only/tis/info/pdf/0205035.pdf

You'll probably have to be an ARRL member to see it.  If not, it's from the May 2002 QST if you can find it.

John WA4BLM

I'm guessing you're talking about the KWD Memeory Control Program for the D7.  I've used it without any problems so don't know what the problem may be.  Have you tried doing a full reset to take the D7 back to its default settings?  Turn on the D7 while holding the F key down, use the UP/DOWN button to select FULL RESET, then press OK.  Of course, you'll lose anything programmed in the D7.

Good luck,

John WA4BLM

Frank, not sure what the problem may be.  I installed this program as well as the ones for the TMG707 and THD7 on my laptop and all worked OK first time.  I know they all use a COM port.  If I remember, COM1 is default but can be changed.  Do you have a COM port available?  IF so, you might want to be sure some other program is not grabbing it & causing a conflict.  Perhaps your install file is corrupted so you might want to download it again.  Not a whole lot of help, I'm afraid, but somewhere to start.

Good luck,

John WA4BLM

Try

http://www.mfjenterprises.com/man/pdf/MFJ-752C.pdf

Hope this helps.

John WA4BLM

You might be thinking of this one:

http://www.vanityhq.com/

Click on N4MC's Ham Locator on the left side of the page.

Yes, you are right.  It will create a short but only with DC.  If you put an ohmmeter across your feedline of this antenna it would show zero ohms (or a few ohms due to wire resistance).  However, at RF frequencies impedance (resistance and reactance)comes into play.  Depending on the length of the wire and the frequency the impedance can vary over a wide range.  Never played with loops so don't know much about them.  It's the same with a folded dipole as far as the seemingly apparent short goes.

I had this same problem with an IC-229H a few years back.  Stretching my memory to the breaking point, it seems like it was a bad transistor in the mic that would key the radio every time the mic was plugged in.  Think the transistor was used to hold the radio keyed while entering touchtones from the keypad so you would not have to hold down the PTT button all the time.  Seems like I just cut the transistor collector in the clear and it worked fine after that.  The only downside was that I had to hold the PTT down while sending touchtone codes (not a big deal).

However, after saying all that, if you had the same result from another correctly wired mic it seems unlikely that both mics would have the same problem, though not impossible.

Good luck,

John WA4BLM