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Those two wires soldered to pins 1 and 3 are on U600G. As others have stated, it's one of the programmable dividers. It was done for a 5KC mod to get the "A" channels. Here is the SAMS #168 manual for this radio. It's actually for the 400 mobile, but is very similar to the 2000. It's the only...

If you replace any of the ICs, solder a socket to the board to insert the IC into. This way, you will never have to do any soldering at those points again if the replacement IC needs to be removed again. This prevents damage to the traces and from over heating of the IC while soldering.

In response to your question about C239, there is no cap used in that position on this radio. I think you will find it's not on the schematic or in the parts list.

Make sure you resolder all those pass throughs from the top to the bottom sides of the boards, or you may be chasing problems forever.

Here's the Browning manual with alignment procedures. You may want to check voltages at the tubes to make sure they are correct.

Here is the SAMS for it:

The best thing to do with that radio is to take the bottom board out. About a dozen screws and four wires to unsolder. That's the board with the large cap that always seems to leak and destroys the traces. It's much easier to work on then, instead of constantly flipping that heavy radio over and...

You don't tune electronics unless you have a piece such as a radio with a VFO and you are tuning in stations. Cars and musical instruments are tuned. Electronic devices are aligned.

Here is a video showing the number for the timer to get the gears from. I have done this in the past, and the last timer I bought about 7 years ago cost me $7.95 from eBay. Just remember the clock runs on 120vac, so when the radio is plugged in the clock has 120v to it.

That's one of the earliest original hy-gain Penetrator 500s from the early 1970s. They had 3 section ground radials that were held to the mounting plate with 2 bolts, and the clamps had a bolt that went through the clamp instead of through the ends of the clamp. The later hy-gains used the later...

It was in 1976 when they came out with a lot of new rules for the 1977 models of CB radios. They let them have 40 channels, but limited output to 4 watts AM, 12 watts PEP for SSB, and only your voice could be transmitted. No roger beeps, music or any "noise toys". That's why Browning couldn't...

No it's not. That was so, if the radio was used as a mobile with a positive ground, it would function properly. If used solely as a base, the board and the chassis ground can be connected together.

Here are a few other things I have for these. I also have more for other CPI products along with some advertising.

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All that's true to a point, but that won't always get people good jobs that pay well with good benefits. In my 43-year career, I worked for three corporations that were always designing and building equipment with the latest technology available to be competitive and stay at the top in their...