Bought it 1 1/2 year ago. Had copper electronics tune and convert it.
(BIG MISTAKE) right out of the box, (prob #1)had to install a new antenna connector in the radio. Copper stripped it out. Then got it hooked up and,
(prob #2) 11m am worked good, 10m and 11m ssb was horrible. Sounded over modulated.Tried for two weeks, thought it was just me. (Prob #3) Then the keying relay started sticking, had to turn radio off then back on to unkey. The carrier was set for low power 6w, high power 25w. Sam said send it back. All was good, under warranty right?
Wrong
(Prob #4)Two or three months back, it started having a carrier on SSB of about 45w. Sent it back again, resistor or something in carrier balance section went out. Got that fixed. (Prob#5) 1week ago, with dimmer switch on bright setting, the meter light starts flickering,(bright/dim/bright/dim) and thru the speaker , it sounds as though it's shorting out. Run it on dim, and there's no problem.
Is it just my luck? Bad techs at copper? Or magnum/rf limited is junk?
Anyhow any ideas what may be wrong, how to fix the blinking/shorting sound?
(BIG MISTAKE) right out of the box, (prob #1)had to install a new antenna connector in the radio. Copper stripped it out. Then got it hooked up and,
(prob #2) 11m am worked good, 10m and 11m ssb was horrible. Sounded over modulated.Tried for two weeks, thought it was just me. (Prob #3) Then the keying relay started sticking, had to turn radio off then back on to unkey. The carrier was set for low power 6w, high power 25w. Sam said send it back. All was good, under warranty right?
Wrong
(Prob #4)Two or three months back, it started having a carrier on SSB of about 45w. Sent it back again, resistor or something in carrier balance section went out. Got that fixed. (Prob#5) 1week ago, with dimmer switch on bright setting, the meter light starts flickering,(bright/dim/bright/dim) and thru the speaker , it sounds as though it's shorting out. Run it on dim, and there's no problem.
Is it just my luck? Bad techs at copper? Or magnum/rf limited is junk?
Anyhow any ideas what may be wrong, how to fix the blinking/shorting sound?