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Liv2Fish · 08-22-2012, 07:02 PM

I have a VHF650 made by Uniden for West Marine. It has worked great for 4 years and recently stopped receiving signal. The unit powers up, speaker works (beeps when changing settings). It seems to transmit but not receive. The unit is in a T-top box and is like new, no corrosion what so ever. Turning the squelch knob all the way in either direction doesn't create the static like it used to.

I did have my antenna mount loosen up and the antenna fell off the T-top and was hanging by the antenna wire for the rest of a trip. It didn't seem to take that much of a beating...

Is there any way to test wether it's the antenna or the radio without buying a new one or the other? Any suggestions?

08-22-2012, 07:02 PM	#1
Liv2Fish Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: May 2008 Location: Chasing fat girls in the dark Posts: 961	VHF650 - stopped receiving I have a VHF650 made by Uniden for West Marine. It has worked great for 4 years and recently stopped receiving signal. The unit powers up, speaker works (beeps when changing settings). It seems to transmit but not receive. The unit is in a T-top box and is like new, no corrosion what so ever. Turning the squelch knob all the way in either direction doesn't create the static like it used to. I did have my antenna mount loosen up and the antenna fell off the T-top and was hanging by the antenna wire for the rest of a trip. It didn't seem to take that much of a beating... Is there any way to test wether it's the antenna or the radio without buying a new one or the other? Any suggestions? Last edited by Liv2Fish; 08-23-2012 at 06:09 AM..