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I need to find someone to repair an ASTATIC ECHOMAX 2000 for me very little audio you have to scream into it to get mod meter movement element is good. Any suggestions on a Mic tech??? Or will ASTATIC repair these yet??

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""""was not thinking of a cber sat with his makita screwdriver winding round the presets untill his meter said s9+60db from a guy on a handheld 15 miles away""""

Astatic will repair them Tony but it ain't cheap , something like 35.00 per half hour 70.00 minimum ,you have to contact them first to get a RMA number ,then you can send it in. Maybe one of these Forum tech types might be able to help you out cheaper ? I have never personally owned one of those mic's. A friend had a silver Eagle repaired a few years ago by them , it ended up costing him something like 85.00 , I honestly didn't think it was worth it but he had the money and it didn't really bother him.

i hear you Jim on the not being cheap if they still made these ide be better off buying a new one im sure but I got this one 3 years ago and it wasnt working and figured now I should really get it going

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""""was not thinking of a cber sat with his makita screwdriver winding round the presets untill his meter said s9+60db from a guy on a handheld 15 miles away""""

Not sure if you know this or not, The echo max 2000 has two mic gains. one is the slide adjustment on top of the bas the other is a tiny white knob on the rear of the unit. You may want to try a new battery also.

Thats all been done when I first got it

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""""was not thinking of a cber sat with his makita screwdriver winding round the presets untill his meter said s9+60db from a guy on a handheld 15 miles away""""

.........I have one that had the same problem plus alot of digital noise. After not finding anything on the net, I removed the board and found cracked/broken solder joints at the volume slide control. After re-soldering them, the mic works like a new one......let me know how it goes. 73s, Pluto.

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Uniden Washington
RCI 2950 RCI 2970
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Uniden Grant XL Cobra 148 GTL
Maco Comet
Imax 2000
A-99

Oh yeah, getting the main board off the bottom of the base is a royal PITA, but it will come off

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Yaesu 101EE
Uniden Washington
RCI 2950 RCI 2970
Galaxy Pluto
Uniden Grant XL Cobra 148 GTL
Maco Comet
Imax 2000
A-99

I have a schematic if you think it will help.

OH old post but WHAT THE HELL!!!!

TonyV225, dxhound has what you need!
sometimes peeps place parts in the wrong section..and don't test these even when there new..
or some think that it is over modded and place a cap in it to quiet it down,or take one out..i seen this alot in echo mics..
i also never seen a echo mic that can pound out some power
it also might be a grounded to the radios neg problem ground it to a disc cap in the radio..just to see!

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