Tait T535 Timeout Timer
The Tait T500 series radios are equipped with a transmit timeout timer, designed to prevent them from jamming a radio network, or overheating, when the PTT switch is accidentally left depressed. It is usually set to about 2 minutes (if I recall correctly). I sometimes have been known to transmit for longer than this in one go, so I decided to find out how to disable it.
Steps
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Behind the squelch pot sits a large electrolytic capacitor (C10).
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Just behind that, to the right (if you’re looking from the front of the radio) is a smaller electrolytic, labelled C16 by the screen print. Desolder and remove this capacitor.
That’s it – the timeout timer is now disabled.
Alternatively, increasing the value of the capacitor should give a longer timeout – the tx timeout circuit is controlled by an RC network, of which C16 is the capacitor.