Service difficulty report · Transceiver · Doug DC862F

Difficulty date
January 7, 2013
Submitted
January 8, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N71CX
Make and model
Doug DC862F
Aircraft serial
45961
Aircraft time
78,904 hours, 20,106 cycles
Part
Transceiver
Part number
5221501000
Part serial
10808
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Hf System
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
G
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

AFTER DEPARTURE, NR 1 HF RADIO TUNES, BUT IS WEAK AND UNREADABLE AND NR 2 HF RADIO WILL NOT CHANNELIZE OR TUNE. ACFT RETURNED TO PREVIOUS STATION. R & R CAPTAINS AUDIO SELECT PANEL IAW MM 23-50-1. AUDIO SELECTOR PANEL OPS CHECKS NORMAL IAW MM 23-50-0 AND NR 1 HF OPS CHECKS NORMAL IAW MM 23-10-0. R & R NR 2 HF TRANSCEIVER IAW MM 23-10-1 AND OPS CHECKS NORMAL IAW MM 23-10-0 AND 23-21-0. HF RADIO SYS TUNES ON MULTIPLE FREQUENCIES ACROSS BOTH UPPER AND LOWER BANDS. POSITIVE COMMUNICATIONS ESTABLISHED W/SFO ON 6640, 11282 AND 13300.

More about the Doug DC-8-62F