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    2950 Old school TX Off only from 26.980 to 27.460

    Hey bro, thanks for the tech advice.....but It was rectified with an alignment of TX/RX and PLL circuits...specifically L24 and L25. And also....yes this IS an old school 2950... Re-read the original post and youll see it actually is a "Eagle 5000" using the 295013Z board. Also, if your...
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    2950 Old school TX Off only from 26.980 to 27.460

    "On air" LED wire was grounded to the chassis, replaced Q40 and fixed the short to ground and all is well. 2600, your the man bro, glad I rustled you up via PM on grumpys. Thank you for your expertese in the hobby, I hope you realize what an asset you are to folks around these forums.....not...
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    2950 Old school TX Off only from 26.980 to 27.460

    well L24 and L25 were the culprits here.... working fine now. But another issue arrive after I put the cases back on.... I now have talkback through the speaker (wich I dont want) and Q40 has SMOKE eminating from it...lol. Any ideas on this one fellas ? Ive looked for pinched wires from the...
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    2950 Old school TX Off only from 26.980 to 27.460

    Im glad to see him too shockwave....lol. Measured the emitter of IC4 (5vdc reg) reading 5.093 VDC. Ive noticed, RX 26.0-27.0 TX on freq. RX 27.06 starts TX on 27.323 and TX slowly falls back in line as I move up in freq untill 27.420 when TX/RX match back up. Moving...
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    2950 Old school TX Off only from 26.980 to 27.460

    Thanks Nomad ! Now that you mention it, there were a few crispy traces over by the 5 volt regs. Ill be digging into it as soon as I get off the puter' here. Ill post results !
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    2950 Old school TX Off only from 26.980 to 27.460

    All modes, and the frequency span thats infected slightly changes as the radio is left on. The radio has sat for years out in a garage, my good freind passed away and I just found out. Id always wanted the radio, and his brother gave me a screaming deal for it. Its kinda sentimental, so Im in it...
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    2950 Old school TX Off only from 26.980 to 27.460

    I know right ? Ive never seen anything like it. Im flattopping on my scope in that area also. I tried moving the jumper (Ive owned a blue zillion 2950/2970 clones and such) to no avail. Im going to run through the alignment procedures shortly (gonna be a late night) and see where that...
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    2950 Old school TX Off only from 26.980 to 27.460

    Yep, pretty dang weird and Ive never seen anything like it. Right on target for TX/RX from 24.000 to 26.980...... then after 26.980....and all the way to 27.460 my TX is WAY off freq. My RX is on target through those frequencies, but transmit is around 27.36-27.44 no matter what frequency my...
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