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Kinda confusing on checking for voltages in the xmit/rcvr circuit since it's stuck in transmit all the time, lol...

Sorry Cable, was typing as you sent your messages. I'll check those, I was looking over the schematic and block diagram (99v) and noticed D81 and D82 could possibly be an issue since they're in the transmit line. Thank you Cable.

By the way, I did check the radio each time I put those parts back in one by one. I replaced the Mic OP amp after I realized it was stuck in transmit after realizing I made some boo boo's and the mic amp was showing odd numbers. Even with a brand new one, it still shows the odd numbers, so it...

Here is a pic from of where the shorts were after I replaced those two resistors. Shorted R174 in circled area. Shorted R187 in circled area. Solder ball between positive and negative of C194. Something from above caused the radio to be stuck in transmit mode at all times now. This issue was...

Got this Galaxy DX-55V on the desk. This is one of two 55v's I been working on lately. The other had no driver bias, thanks to another user (Cable Guy I think) it's back to working. However, this other one is a boo boo on my part. As usual, I yanked out the junk regulator swing mod, replaced...

Awesome, I'll try that out. Thank you Cable Guy.

Got another 55v waiting for me to find out what's up with it. Symptom: Turn power on and radio automatically keys up in transmit mode. Press the PTT and it doesn't change, it stays keyed up. Mic op amp was showing strange numbers all the way around. Replaced with a new JRC 4558D, still same...

Driver in this 55v I'm working on is a 2078 (hmmm), although it tests good on both the tester and by using the diode mode on my multimeter. The final has that glassy black shine to the face with light imprint of the Mitsubishi logo and 1969 stamped on it (this one could be a fake), although it...

Yea, my two 22uh chokes were testing as .03mh, so I replaced those with new 22uh. I get voltage up to the 560pf disc capacitor in front of the driver (around 7v), but no voltage or anything at the point where the 560pf cap and the 22uh choke meet at the base. Replaced that 560pf cap with a known...

Got a Saturn (EPT-360014B) and a 55V (EPT-360014B) with the same issue: Both receive great. All functions work great. New caps throughout. Both have no transmit due to no base voltage on neither the driver nor final. Collector voltage is present, but not base. Checked pre-driver, shows over...

Still waiting on my cap order so I can finish up the Osaka - by Japan (Galaxy mobile clone). Going to read up on using this signal tracer for tracing down issues in RF stages and VCO areas now, maybe watch a few vids on it too. Thanks again guys for the help on the FM transmit chain info you...

Mistakenly checked C26, not noticing it wasn't C126. Be honest with you, this one has racked my brain so much so that I can't really think straight now, lol...

That did it. Used the signal tracer through the FM transmit audio chain, had great FM transmit audio on the J21 side of C126, but almost non existent on the opposite side of C126. Yanked out C126, tested it out of circuit in my tester and it showed as a 710pf with an extremely high ESR...

Well, I just used my signal tracer for the first time. Simple and fast. Probed pin 1 of IC4, then J21 (jumper that runs from pin 1 of IC4 over to C126). Audio blarred me out on pin 1 of IC4, J21, positive side of C126, but anything in that circuit from the negative side of C126 over to the FM...

I'll do that in the morning. Although I do have an old Heathkit signal tracer I need to learn how to use. It should be simple. It works fine, it came from our late local tech before he passed 4yrs ago. Basically all I should have to do is turn it on, let it warm up til the tube turns green...

Yes, I have a fnirsi 1014d oscope, dual channel 100mhz. It also has the FFT feature. I also have an old HP 150mhz dual channel oscope, not hooked up though. Yes, I noticed the FM path goes through c26, D67, D68, D69, d94 and a few other parts in a different path than SSB or AM. The Saturn...

I'm gonna go back over this recap work. I didn't have the following: 100uf of any voltage. 10uf of any voltage. So I used these instead: 220uf for the 100uf. 22uf for the 10uf. C90 and C108 supposed to be 100uf, I had none so I used 220uf instead. C19, C20 and C331 is supposed to be 10uf...

30khz span VBW 100hz RBW 1khz Center 27.205 Sweep 150ms Attenuation 30db Reference 0.0dbm Mode - FM - No modulation All settings same as above. Mode - FM - Modulation applied Note: mic gain wide open, power mic wide open, AMC wide open, deviation wide open. Looks basically like an AM...

Well, replaced D91 and D93, same results. AM transmit audio great, SSB transmit audio great just not as sensitive on certain words as AM is, FM transmit audio is still almost non existent. AM receive is great. SSB receive is great. FM receive is great. AM transmit audio is great. SSB transmit...

I also forgot to change out the two 16v tantalum caps near the PLL, one in the vco circuit.