MD-9600

In March 26 I purchased a TYT MD-9600 DMR mobile radio sold as 'For parts or not working' from an Ebay seller in the UK. When it arrived a few days later and I had connected it up to my power supply it didn't come as a complete surprise that it appeared to be DOA. I connected up a programming lead hoping that it might be a software issue however that just further confirmed that I had bought a dud.  

Either the previous owner had reversed the power supply polarity by accident or the voltage from the power supply had exceeded the maximum rating for the transceiver. The first thing I noticed was a bulge in EC1001 - 470uF/25V and marks on the underside of the lid where 'magic smoke' had escaped from the capacitor. I managed to find a MD-9600 circuit diagram online which helped immeasurably in repairing the transceiver. I soon discovered that anything that was polarity conscious and directly connected to the supply line 'BAT_VCC' and 'SW_VCC' was potentially vulnerable. 

Modifications

https://github.com/g4eml/OpenMD9600_Remote_Head

www.pc5e.nl/downloads/rt82/manuals/Mods%20for%20Tyt%20MD-9600%20By%20Colin%20Durbridge.pdf 

https://www.qsl.net/dl4yhf/RT3/index.html

Useful links:

If you are struggling to get the USB driver working so you can program the MD-9600 or MD-UV380 then watch this video.

Software and drivers can be downloaded from TYT.

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