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Well hooked up 10.5 acv small transformer and the 2 6js6c tubes still have no filament voltage and are not lighting up. I am taking a small break to decide if I am going to start piecing it out to get my money back but I absolutely hate scrapping radios. I may just put it on shelf till i learn...

nomadradio I do not have 10.5v ac coming out of transformer lug. Something must have happened inside it . I have bought a small 10.5v ac transformer on ebay and am going to see if I power up the 10.5v ac on rectifier board if radio will start working. Transformer has 2 white wires 10.5...

Today checked voltages at rectifier board and there are 2 places that say 10.5v and I have no voltage at them. Wire coating burn off one wire and it was going to diodes that had burned up when 110 was applied instead of 12v. Wire not burned thru and still connected. Could transformer be...

Well the r2 resistor was getting hot because a diode in bias circuit was bad. I did wire up a 12 plug and ran radio off a power supply but no difference the 6jsc6 tubes still does not have filament voltage yet. Thank you BJ for sites but if I cannot fix it myself will just scrap it out and sell...

Thank you nomadradio I found 2 burnt diodes on rectifier board and that stopped capacitors from getting warm but now R 2 a resister on board burning up. Looks like has something to do with bias circuit . Also power tubes 6js6c not lighting up either looks like no filament voltage. Could I pull...

I bought a Yaesu 101E a couple of days ago had a power cord pluged into it . I went home and plugged radio in and poof smoke big time. Replaced 2 capacitors and a board copper ribbon going to them. I believe some idiot wired the power plug for 12v and put a 110v plug on cord. Here is a picture...

I am sorry Marconi I did not even know there was a message section so never checked it at all. I have both beams still and still have not decided yet which one to put up. The only specs I have are ones you can find easy on internet when assembling antennas. I got them used so have no paperwork...

I have a Gizmotchy 3 element beam and a Jo Gunn Smoking Gun 2 element beam which one of these is the better beam . I am putting it up on a 40 foot tower? I like how heavy duty built the Jo Gunn is but Gizmotchy is a 3 element. Their specs are pretty close.! Opinions please??

I have a Gizmotchy 3 element beam and a Jo Gunn Smoking Gun 2 element beam which one of these is the better beam as far as skip or local talking. I am putting it up on a 40 foot tower? I like how heavy duty built the Jo Gunn is but Gizmotchy is a 3 element. Their specs are pretty close...

Well got FT107m working there were a couple of bad disc capacitors broken on bottom and after i made a correct 12v plug to supply unit all started working better. Radio still will not do over 45 watts output on AM or SSB i believe the 2 pill amplifier section not working the relay in that area...

Well Roadsquawker I went to check 110v transformer and there was not one there. The power AC to DC converter was taken out so 110 plug in did nothing. So BJ Radionut you were also right it only powers up on 12v but did at one time have a internal 110v one also. I did power it up by using 12v...

I will check the transformer for 13.8v and try to find a 12v plug in cable. Thanks for the input.

I picked up a Yaesu Ft107m last week and I plugged it in 110v and turned it on nothing comes on or shows any power. I checked fuse OK and power switch it was ok. It looks to be in very good condition. What is the next place to look? Thanks

nomadradio i found the problem and i just cannot believe I missed it right from the start. The amp had a 115v plug and cord on amplifier so i did not check if it was wired that inside. Amp was setup inside for 220v but had a 110v plug. I converted it to 110v and amp works great. Not a bad deal...

Called Icom today and they told me no parts availability on this radio so they do not repair them anymore. Bummer this radio really works great on am but just goes off frequency 3-6 times in a hr on 10 meter USB or LSB. I will use it as is until i can afford to buy a ham radio to replace it...

I picked up a nice SB200 as i hooked everything up including a foot pedal to key amp i found out that it does not key up. I already know of the high voltages in this amp so i am being very careful and am ordering a high voltage probe to plug into my Triplet meter and MM-1 heathkit meter to check...

nomadradio it has been modded to transmit on the VFO so that is probably why, i will look into that direction more. Thank You

nomadradio i followed the instructions on going to channel 9 on selector and vfo but cannot get any sound or zero beat . Vfo working good on transmit and receive normally but no pull out and check zero beat on 9.

I picked up a beautiful Tram 201 replaced some tubes and BA board fuse and it works great. Trying to line up Vfo better but when do it I get no zero beat to help. What do I need to look at> I built a freq counter that works so I know where I am at on Vfo but would like channel numbers to line up...

Hmmm I was a Planning Commissioner for about 25 yrs my answer to the people complaining about HOA or deed restrictions is do not live there, no one is forcing you to buy a home there and before you buy all the rules should have been shown to you by real estate agent or lawyer . These rules are...