My brother is wanting to trade me 3 Tram D201a's. I have no idea if they work, or not.. Nor does he. (2) are 40 ch, and one is a 23. I was thinking about cleaning them up to sell. Would it be worth my while?
Any power mods are almost guaranteed to cause trouble. Circuit board damage is almost guaranteed, and power supply problems are probable. Lots of these great radios died at the hands of uninformed modders. Look at all of the trams being sold on ebay with problems.Remember, these radios are getting pretty old, and were built with parts that were just able to do the job, and not much more. They work great as designed, so why do more that a good tune up?
PR
If your D201 can't fully and cleanly modulate 12 watts of AM/50 watts P.E.P. (with the resistor jumpered) it's sickly and needs attention.