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Recent content by ira parker

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    uniden washington 8719 negative voltage on bias

    Sorry guys been under they weather a few days here. Update installed the new 1419 and 945 companion part voltages look good and steady. I've also found a clear copy of the voltage chart. So i went thru all the ic's and double checked voltages everything looks good there. Still losing voltage to...
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    uniden washington 8719 negative voltage on bias

    I'm sure I have a 1419 some where have to dig them up, i just looked at the 1 in there now and its a sd1135 will have to look up the cross reference on that i know the original should be 1419 I've got some 945s for the companion part also. My schematic is blurry on the voltage reading for bce...
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    uniden washington 8719 negative voltage on bias

    Thanks Andy all voltage test are done to board ground, I've also found some negative voltage on tr 12 of the meter circuit s/rf side works no modulation movement at all i'll have to look into that to see if its common to the finals, but i haven't found out why its not pulling down the bias...
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    uniden washington 8719 negative voltage on bias

    receive all modes just fine, pa section works as should. has weak signal to monitor radio all modes. checked freqs all is good. pre driver is good has proper volts and is switching. in am mode has 12.8 volts to final and driver in receive switching to tx voltage drops to -9 volts. unplugged...
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    ft-2980r freq mod

    I posted this in the yaesu mods section also. considering buying one of these, not much info on the tx mod. anyone done one of these? wonder if it's the same as the 2900 mod ?
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    ft-2980r freq mod

    considering buying one of these, not much info on the tx mod. has anyone done this mod, is it the same as the ft-2900?