TH-K2AT/K2E/K2ET DISASSEMBLY FOR REPAIR How to remove the case assembly from the chassis 1. Remove two screws ( ) holding the chassis. 2. Pull out two knobs ( ) and remove two round nuts ( 3. Pull out the SP and MIC parts of the cap from jacks ( 4.
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TH-K2AT/K2E/K2ET DISASSEMBLY FOR REPAIR Soldering the antenna terminal 4. Apply the tips of soldering irons to all the four pins of the final FET at the same time ( ), heat them sufficiently, and remove 1. With the shield cover removed from the antenna terminal the final FET ( ).
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TH-K2AT/K2E/K2ET DISASSEMBLY FOR REPAIR Special care and attention required for assembly (2) By pressing the LCD hardware fixture from the component side of the TX-RX PCB, you must bent all 4 tabs of the LCD 1. Gluing to the key top (MIC element section) hardware fixture being visible from the foil side until the You must also glue on the speaker storage area and heap bases of each tabs are folded at least 45 degrees (Fig.
TH-K2AT/K2E/K2ET DISASSEMBLY FOR REPAIR 4. Packing (G53-1572-02) TX/BUSY lamp installation 6. Cautions for installing the chassis on the case assembly procedure (1) Verify that the packing (G53-1572-02) TX/BUSY lamp section (1) To assure waterproofing, install the packing in the chassis is has been past through the hole in the illumination guide groove as shown in Fig.
TH-K2AT/K2E/K2ET CIRCUIT DESCRIPTION Frequency Configuration A tuning voltage corresponding to the desired signal is applied to each varicap through the BPF/APC terminal (pin 6) The frequency configuration is shown in Figure 1 and of the MPU (IC8) to tune to the receive frequency. Table 1.
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TH-K2AT/K2E/K2ET CIRCUIT DESCRIPTION IF Circuit FM IC and band-pass filter consisting of R125, R126, R135, The first IF signal (38.85 MHz) amplified by the IF amplifier (Q24) C173, C174. The noise component is rectified in the FM IC to and the second IF signal (38.4 MHz) generated by tripling the 12.8 produce a DC voltage, which is output from the N-REC terminal MHz reference oscillator frequency of the TCXO (X1) by Q23, are (pin 14) of the FM IC as squelch voltage.
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TH-K2AT/K2E/K2ET CIRCUIT DESCRIPTION Transmitter System The transmission/reception switching circuit consists of D10, L19, D12 and D13. These diodes are turned ON in transmit Microphone Amplifier Circuit mode and OFF in receive mode to switch signals. The audio signal from the microphone passes through a high-pass filter (IC5) and enters a microphone amplifier (IC16).
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TH-K2AT/K2E/K2ET CIRCUIT DESCRIPTION The APC voltage controls the gate voltage of Q11 and Q12, amplifying VCO output with an RF amplifier (Q6) and dividing and keeps transmission output stable. it with the PLL IC. The MPU detects power supply voltage and controls Q58 The PLL synthesizer with 5 kHz and 6.25 kHz step is by transmission power supply voltage and transmission power.
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TH-K2AT/K2E/K2ET CIRCUIT DESCRIPTION Power Supply Circuit Power Supply Switching Circuit The voltage supplied through the battery terminal or DC IN Charging Circuit terminal is branched in the power supply switching circuit as When an external power supply is connected to the DC IN shown in Fig.10 and then supplied to the required components.
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TH-K2AT/K2E/K2ET CIRCUIT DESCRIPTION Voltage Detection Circuit LED Drive Circuit Various voltages are input to the A/D port of the MPU (IC8) The LCD and key illumination LEDs are lighted by controlling for processing. Q51 for the LCD and Q50 for keys according to the output Battery voltage is divided with resistors (R240, R241) and voltage from the AF/LAMP AVR (Q37).
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TH-K2AT/K2E/K2ET CIRCUIT DESCRIPTION Key and Encoder Input Circuit The POWER key is assigned to the interrupt port (pin 95) of Other keys composes a matrix and key presses are detected the MPU. by scanning them by software. The PTT key is assigned to the dedicated port (pins 13, 14) The encoder reads data using the interrupt port (pins 35 of the MPU.
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TH-K2AT/K2E/K2ET CIRCUIT DESCRIPTION CTCSS/DCS DTMF The encode signal is generated by the MPU (IC8) and output The DTMF signal is generated by the MPU (IC8) and is from the TONE terminal (pin 41) of the MPU. output from the DTMF/BEEP terminal (pin 40) of the MPU. The unwanted high-frequency components of the encode The DTMF signal is mixed with an audio signal at the input signal output from the MPU are removed with a low-pass filter,...
TH-K2AT/K2E/K2ET SEMICONDUCTOR DATA MPU : 90522BPFFG139 (IC8) Pin function Function Function Name Name CLOCK Common serial clock output Noise voltage input for squelch (A/D) DATA Common serial data output RSSI voltage input for S-meter (A/D) EEPDI Data input from EEPROM VOXIN Microphone voltage input for VOX (A/D) THERM...
TH-K2AT/K2E/K2ET SEMICONDUCTOR DATA / COMPONENTS DESCRIPTION COMPONENTS DESCRIPTION Function Name TX-RX UNIT (X57-674X-XX) DC IN detection interrupt input ( ↓ ) DCDET L:DC IN connected Ref. No. Use/Function Operation/Condition/Compatibility RXLED Busy LED output H:ON PLL IC 100 BSFT Beat shift swiching output H:ON APC differential 101 PLLEN...
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TH-K2AT/K2E/K2ET COMPONENTS DESCRIPTION Ref. No. Use/Function Operation/Condition/Compatibility Ref. No. Use/Function Operation/Condition/Compatibility Q33 operation Reverse current On when charging Battery switch prevention DC IN detection H: DC IN detection Ni-MH temperature On when temperature detection is constant-voltage detection activated Reverse current Battery AF amplifier/ prevention...
TH-K2AT/K2E/K2ET PARTS LIST ∗ New Parts. indicates safety critical components. L: Scandinavia K: USA P: Canada Parts without Parts No. are not supplied. Y: PX (Far East, Hawaii) T: England E: Europe Les articles non mentionnes dans le Parts No. ne sont pas fournis. Y: AAFES (Europe) X: Australia M: Other Areas...
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TH-K2AT/K2E/K2ET PARTS LIST TX-RX UNIT (X57-674X-XX) Ref. No. Address Parts No. Description Destination Ref. No. Address Parts No. Description Destination parts parts C92-0002-05 CHIP-TAN 0.22UF 35WV C136 CC73HCH1H100D CHIP C 10PF C92-0714-05 TANTALUM 4.7UF 6.3WV C137 CC73HCH1H050C CHIP C 5.0PF C92-0001-05 CHIP-C 0.1UF...
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TH-K2AT/K2E/K2ET PARTS LIST TX-RX UNIT (X57-674X-XX) Ref. No. Address Parts No. Description Destination Ref. No. Address Parts No. Description Destination parts parts C230 CK73FB1C105K CHIP C 1.0UF C359,360 CK73HB1A104K CHIP C 0.10UF K C231,232 CK73HB1H102K CHIP C 1000PF K C366 ∗...
TH-K2AT/K2E/K2ET PARTS LIST TX-RX UNIT (X57-674X-XX) Ref. No. Address Parts No. Description Destination Ref. No. Address Parts No. Description Destination parts parts L41-1078-14 SMALL FIXED INDUCTOR R70-72 RK73EB2ER39K CHIP R 0.39 K 1/4W ∗ L41-2278-14 SMALL FIXED INDUCTOR R74,75 RK73HH1J104D RESISTOR 100K D 1/16W...
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TH-K2AT/K2E/K2ET PARTS LIST TX-RX UNIT (X57-674X-XX) Ref. No. Address Parts No. Description Destination Ref. No. Address Parts No. Description Destination parts parts R160 RK73HB1J472J CHIP R 4.7K J 1/16W R231 RK73HB1J151J CHIP R J 1/16W R161 RK73HB1J102J CHIP R 1.0K J 1/16W R235,236 RK73HB1J102J...
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TH-K2AT/K2E/K2ET PARTS LIST TX-RX UNIT (X57-674X-XX) Ref. No. Address Parts No. Description Destination Ref. No. Address Parts No. Description Destination parts parts MIC1 T91-0580-05 MIC ELEMENT 2SK1215(E) 2SK1830 D1,2 1SV325 VARIABLE CAPACITANCE DIODE 2SC4617(R) TRANSISTOR HSC277 DIODE ∗ RN2105 TRANSISTOR 1SV305 VARIABLE CAPACITANCE DIODE KTC4082...
TH-K2AT/K2E/K2ET EXPLODED VIEW (TH-K2AT / K2ET) TX-RX Unit (B/3) TX-RX Unit (C/3) TX-RX Unit (A/3) 702. STANDARD LABEL : K, K2 701. STICKER A : N09-1492-05 B : N14-0569-04 C : N14-0573-04 D : N79-2035-46 1 (K2, M2) E : N79-2040-45 F : N82-2007-46 G : N09-2433-05 Parts with the exploded numbers larger than 700 are not supplied.
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TH-K2AT/K2E/K2ET EXPLODED VIEW (TH-K2E) TX-RX Unit (B/3) TX-RX Unit (C/3) TX-RX Unit (A/3) 701. STICKER A : N09-1492-05 B : N14-0569-04 C : N14-0573-04 D : N79-2035-46 E : N79-2040-45 F : N82-2007-46 G : N09-2433-05 Parts with the exploded numbers larger than 700 are not supplied.
TH-K2AT/K2E/K2ET ADJUSTMENT Single Tone Mode G. 7.5V TX M power (Lower limit frequency, center frequency, upper limit frequency) This mode is used to check the DTMF deviation. H. 7.5V TX L power (Lower limit frequency, center frequency, upper limit frequency) Operation I.
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TH-K2AT/K2E/K2ET ADJUSTMENT Key name [key] [F] key → [key] Transmit while this key is held down. Selecting a TX power (High/Mid/Low) Changes adjustment items. (Forward) LAMP Lamp always ON When this key is pressed on the frequency display, it switches to the adjustment display. Changes adjustment items.
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TH-K2AT/K2E/K2ET ADJUSTMENT D. S-meter (Two segments in S-meter light, all segments 2RX BPF (Center frequency) in S-meter light) (1) Press the [LAMP] or [MONI] key on the transceiver to display 1S-meter (Two segments in S-meter light) “BPC” on the LCD. (1) Press the [LAMP] or [MONI] key on the transceiver to display “S1”...
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TH-K2AT/K2E/K2ET ADJUSTMENT (8) Press the [MENU] key to write the current APC value into (5) Press the [PTT] key to enable the transmit mode. the EEPROM. (6) Adjust the output voltage from DC power supply until the voltage at the battery terminal becomes 7.5V while the 27.5V TX H power (Center frequency) transceiver is transmitting.
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TH-K2AT/K2E/K2ET ADJUSTMENT (2) Press the [VFO], [MR] or [CALL] key to switch to the The current APC value is displayed at the lower digits of frequency display. the frequency display, and the value stored in the EEPROM (3) Turn the encoder to display the lower limit frequency on is displayed on the memory channel number display.
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TH-K2AT/K2E/K2ET ADJUSTMENT J. 13.8V TX M power (Lower limit frequency, center (4) Repeat steps (4) to (7) of “113.8V TX M power (Lower frequency, upper limit frequency) limit frequency)” described on page 32. 113.8V TX M power (Lower limit frequency) (1) Press the [LAMP] or [MONI] key on the transceiver to display K.
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TH-K2AT/K2E/K2ET ADJUSTMENT 2Tone deviation (Center frequency) (2) Press the [VFO], [MR] or [CALL] key to switch to the frequency display. (1) Press the [LAMP] or [MONI] key on the transceiver to display (3) Turn the encoder to display the upper limit frequency on “DVC”...
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TH-K2AT/K2E/K2ET ADJUSTMENT (4) Press the [CALL] key to switch to the adjustment display. (2) Input a specified AG signal to microphone input. (5) When the [PTT] key is pressed to enable transmit mode, a (3) Press the [MENU] key to write the current microphone input preset DCS code (023) is internally generated and level value into the EEPROM.
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TH-K2AT/K2E/K2ET ADJUSTMENT Common Section Measurement Adjustment Specifications/ Item Condition Remarks Test equipment Unit Terminal Unit Parts Method 1.Setting and Connect the optional PG-2W LCD total illumination display Initial configuration displayed after resetting DC cable to the power supply. the full-reset. DC IN terminal voltage: 13.8V 1) Total illumination display confirmation...
TH-K2AT/K2E/K2ET ADJUSTMENT Receiver section Measurement Adjustment Specifications/ Item Condition Remarks Test equipment Unit Terminal Unit Parts Method 1.RX BPF Squelch level: 0 Adjust 1) Frequency: 145.050MHz TX-RX Turn the VOL knob 0.63V (E, E3) Oscilloscope (A/3) knob to obtain 0.63V AF Frequency: 146.050MHz Distortion meter output.
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TH-K2AT/K2E/K2ET ADJUSTMENT Measurement Adjustment Specifications/ Item Condition Remarks Test equipment Unit Terminal Unit Parts Method Switch to Adjustment mode and carry out the operations for adjustment item D. (Refer to page 29) S-meter 3) LCD display: S1 TX-RX [MENU] Write Frequency: 145.050MHz (A/3) (E, E3)
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TH-K2AT/K2E/K2ET ADJUSTMENT Measurement Adjustment Specifications/ Item Condition Remarks Test equipment Unit Terminal Unit Parts Method 8.AF output 1) Frequency: 145.050MHz TX-RX Check 400mW or more Check (E, E3) Oscilloscope (A/3) Frequency: 146.050MHz Distortion meter (K, K2, M, M2) AF V.M SSG output: –53dBm (501uV) SSG MOD: 1kHz SSG DEV: 3kHz...
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TH-K2AT/K2E/K2ET ADJUSTMENT Measurement Adjustment Specifications/ Item Condition Remarks Test equipment Unit Terminal Unit Parts Method 6) LCD display: P7H, Power meter TX-RX Encoder Write Mid power Frequency: 145.995MHz Am meter (A/3) [MENU] PTT: ON Switch to Adjustment mode and carryout the operations for adjustment item H.
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TH-K2AT/K2E/K2ET ADJUSTMENT Measurement Adjustment Specifications/ Item Condition Remarks Test equipment Unit Terminal Unit Parts Method 8) LCD display: P13C, Power meter TX-RX Encoder Write 0.5W ±0.05W Frequency: 145.000MHz Am meter (A/3) [MENU] 0.8A or less PTT: ON Low power 9) LCD display: P13H, Encoder Write Frequency: 145.995MHz...
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TH-K2AT/K2E/K2ET ADJUSTMENT Measurement Adjustment Specifications/ Item Condition Remarks Test equipment Unit Terminal Unit Parts Method 1)Frequency: 145.000MHz Linear detector TX-RX 4.2kHz ±0.1kHz (E, E3) (A/3) According to the Frequency: 146.000MHz Oscilloscope larger +, –. (K, K2, M, M2) PTT: O N 6.MIC MIC terminal input Change the AG...
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TH-K2AT/K2E/K2ET ADJUSTMENT Measurement Adjustment Specifications/ Item Condition Remarks Test equipment Unit Terminal Unit Parts Method 9.VOX Switch to Adjustment mode TX-RX Sensitivity and carry out the operations (A/3) Write for adjustment item O. (Refer to page 34) TX power: Low 1)LCD display: VOX1 [MENU] Write...
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