TH-D7A(G)

[KD5WUV]

I have dropped my TH-D7A(G) several times, however it supposedly is rated to military specs... i know you aren't supposed to drop it but i did.

The VHF side transmits about 5 - 10 feet and then dies.  I'm full quieting to my friend sitting next to me. But, I can't hit our 425' repeater 200 feet away from me. How sad

On the other hadn the UHF side works perfectly.

Any thoughts?

Thanks.

[N6AJR]

send it to the factory for repair..  ain't much inside we can work onb in a little rig like that..

[AK7P]

Drop it again

[N6KEK]

Sound like solder joint at antenna connection is fractured.

[KT8K]

It's probably deeper than the antenna connection, since that would give you UHF problems, too.  I'd send it off to a recommended service house.
Good luck & 73 de kt8k - Tim

[K1CJS]

It may not be any deeper than the antenna connection.  Before you send out the radio, check that connection--UHF really doesn't need the dummy load the rubber duck antenna really is.

[KD5WUV]

For some more info, actually all the antennas that we have been using to test the radio have been dropped on. I'm actually thinking about going stubby so that if I do drop the radio there is nothing to break.  The antennas have all been dropped so that it has been bent right at the antenna load point.  

[N3ZKP]

<<  I'm actually thinking about going stubby so that if I do drop the radio there is nothing to break.>>

So you are going from an already-inefficient runbber duck antenna to an even smaller one? The shorties are nicknamed dummy loads for a reason - they are pretty useless more than a couple of miles away from the average repeater.

With all due respect, you should probably concentrate more on learning how not to drop your radio.