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Recent content by Hawkeye351

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    EPT style frequency counters

    47 ohm surface mount resistor on bottom side of 7805?
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    EPT style frequency counters

    This what you're referring to Nomad?
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    EPT style frequency counters

    Mine is laid out just like the 210014C, the one that comes in the 11B. But even the 11B counter won't display in my Saturn. All I did was unplug my counter module and put it in another, I didn't yank any wires out of the connectors. On the 210014C modules I do have, I've recapped them, and...
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    EPT style frequency counters

    That looks like the one that goes in a Saturn that has the horizontal frequency counter module mounted on the right side of the chassis. That one has only two connections. The one I need mounts vertically behind the frequency display. Mine has 4 connections, two small on one side and two large...
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    EPT style frequency counters

    Yea, like the 99v comes with two different versions of EPT frequency counter modules that will work with it. The EPT210014B and EPT210014C frequency counter module board numbers are listed as being compatible with the 99v. I need the frequency counter board numbers that are compatible with the...
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    EPT style frequency counters

    Got a question about these export radios with frequency counters, specifically the EPT style counters. Is there a list of which frequency counters work in which radios? Example: I had a friend's 2980 on the desk a year or so ago and the frequency display was blank. Well I took mine out of my...
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    Schottkey diode/transistor opinions

    Yes, if I unhook coax from the back of the radio then the signal and noise drops to nothing on signal and almost completely quiet (even with volume wide open), but when I hook coax back up, the signal meter comes up to what the noise level is and the audio comes up a lot. Signals on locals...
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    Schottkey diode/transistor opinions

    Wow, it can't be this simple, I feel like an idiot. After using it like above for several hours, I'm impressed. The signal reading on hash level shows about the same on any band/frequency or mode. One mode isn't higher than the other, no channel is higher than the other. The receive on all...
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    Schottkey diode/transistor opinions

    Here is what I did just a couple hours ago while it's quiet on every band: I realigned the radio by just the signal generator. Went through entire process. Unhooked generator and moved all jumpers far away from the radios SO239 input (eliminate possibility of any stray signals from nearby...
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    Schottkey diode/transistor opinions

    SuperLid, I can't locate any 1730's, and the MPSH10 is obsolete according to digikey but they do recommend the KSP10TA as a direct drop in replacement for the MPSH10. Will that ksp10ta work as they state?
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    Schottkey diode/transistor opinions

    I may be chasing ghosts, lol... My mobile, after I aligned it, exhibited the high hash level also. When I hooked it up in the truck to my whip and get away from my house the level drops to what I feel is a normal level. Maybe that's why I haven't had anyone complain of low or too high receive...
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    Schottkey diode/transistor opinions

    I did try the NTE583 diodes last night, not really any improvement on the hash noise level. If there was any improvement it was minut, but I did notice a slight improvement on weaker signals coming through (not by much though). I'm gonna try replacing TR17 this afternoon with one with a higher...
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    Schottkey diode/transistor opinions

    Cable, If I unhook coax, I still get some hash noise (not as loud though) but the level drops to zero on the signal meter. I have read also that a leaky or weak transistor in the first stage could cause a lot of noise, this one must be very leaky then, lol... The meter on AM stays around 5 to 7...
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    Schottkey diode/transistor opinions

    LC, My board is the EPT360014B. Mike, I may try the 85, thank you. Not really an issue, just the hash noise level is way too high after alignment, have to either turn the needle way down (which doesn't correspond to incoming signals afterwards) or detune the receive by 6 s-units. L6 drops it a...
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    Schottkey diode/transistor opinions

    Flyboy, any specific brand/type germanium you recommend to cut back on noise floor hash level?