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I see Ranger has a new website. Looks like (so far) no 2970n2 or 2970n4. Just the 2950cd. Anyone have any poop on this? Also, whats special about the 2950cd?
Good radio. Do NOT do any of the moron mods to it. All the 959 needs is set the driver and final bias to 4.20v (mine was factory biased at 4.20v). Do a service manual alignment. 4w dead key, peak the amp stages in order. Then set mod limiter to 100% on a scope. This radio will sound like a great...
I had an Icom tech who has his own shop do mine. It was quite a job I guess. Fortunately I had the service manual, schematics and calibration guide for it.. lol
The 520S was my first rig. The 530S was a fried mess that was headed to the dumpster. It was totally reworked board by board by N6WK. He even repainted the covers and found a mint front panel for it. I found the 820S on EBay cheap. It wasn't transmitting but was minty clean. It had a minor...
Just got my radio room painted and new carpet today. Now I can order the new corner cubicle desk that I want. I was moving stuff around and snapped a pic of the family.
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