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Guessing others have been in the radio before as some of the settings didn’t seem stock. Going to talk with Kens Electronics tomorrow about parts. Really cool radio, does take a couple of minutes to warm up on freq from power on but has good audio on AM and SSB with stock microphone.
Yeah it's the PB 010 and the coil is L37 - but I saw it referenced on one DX alignment as L26 and elsewhere as L37. I thought maybe the L26 was the last 148 DX model but that the part would be the same. No service manual for the Richard as far as I can tell so was having to guess based on the...
Was doing an alignment and had a weird thing happen. First time I’ve ever experienced this. Put my plastic tuning tool in the notch to adjust and the top bit of the inside plastic slug just fell apart. I was gentle as always but first time I’ve ever had that happen after 30 years of messing with...
You've probably already seen these assembly videos.
Turn on Closed Captioning then go to setting and turn on auto translate and you get english subtitles.
Powers up and transmits into a dummy load full power. I don’t have a 2 meter antenna right now but assume it’s working. Comes with box, bracket, super long power cord, and some mounting hardware and accessory cords.
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Good antennas - as far as performance there isn't a huge difference between the 10K, MM and others. It's really more about build quality between them and tuning. A Sirio 5000 does just about as good as a 10K which does just about as good as a 102" whip. I did a lot of testing and yes there is...
Yeah I have to get the module from Troys along with some extra instruction help and then I'll attempt it. I sent Troys a 148 that they are going to use for a step by step video which should be a game changer for those doing it themselves.
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