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I have put the old d201 aside and have the D201A on the bench. I had to replace a tube socket and a crystal on the synth board. Anyway I was checking it out today and noticed I had no RX on the manual side. I did have on the crystal side, but it wasnt the best. I noticed on the man side it just...

Hello, I have a D201 that I am recapping and going to put in new resistors. The 100K tuneup as Nomad calls it. I have most of the electrolytic caps replaced. I have realized that I did not get the yellow caps located on the boards. I think they are .22mfd, 250v and appear to be paper. I cant...

Hello, I have a jb150 that has higher than I like swr on the input side. This is between the radio and jb150. When it is out of line I have a 1.1. When I put it in line it is around 2.0 - 2.5. I have done the normal things like changed jumpers 3x etc. I dont have to turn on the jb, just have it...

hello, i have a rs-10a astron that i received not working. i have tried to get it going but have had no luck. i will list the things i have done. maybe i missed something simple. first off i have 28v on the large cap screws, also have 29v on the input for the 723, pin 12 i think. i found...

Hello, I have a yaesu FT101EE late model 25001+ serial. No rx, and very little tx, maybe 1 watt. I suspect tubes on the tx. First I want to tackle the rx. I have no noise or static on internal speaker, external speaker, and headphones on any band or mode. Absolutley nothing at all. This...

hello, i just replaced the final in this rig. i was looking for the info on setting the driver and finals bias. anyone know the procedure, and voltage? thanks and happy new year oops...i forgot to say i put a 2sc2879 in, because i had no 2sc2290, thanks

hello, i have some questions about this pair. i got a set of these the other day with no relay in the transmitter, completely missing. i was hoping someone would know the replacement number for this or a substitute number. i have found replacements for about 30-40 bucks, but i have a box of...

hello, i have another president 2510. this one receives good, has about a 7w carrier, but no modulation. i have checked the obvious like the mic. i have another one mobile and it works fine, so its not the mic. i also have replaced the 2 capacitors that usually cause the no mod problem c95 and...

ok i built another antenna......scary huh? anyway, its a 5/8 wave vertical with 3 ground radials, i have tried it with 4 also. i used the tuning ring method for matching. the swr is a perfect 1.0.1 using my mfj analyser, rs=52 xs=1 or 2. when i add power it jumps up over 2. i have tried...

hello, i have a kenwood th-78a that has a small problem. the vhf side squelch stays open no matter where the knob is at. the green light stays on and full bars on the meter. there is no sound coming out of the speaker. this is only on the vhf side. i can use the uhf side fine, also can change...

i bought a tram d201 23 channel. it looks great and worked great with outstanding receive and transmit. i have had it a month or so now. i hooked it up last night and talked on it and got great audio reports as always. anyway i got busy doing paperwork and was just letting it sit there and...

hello, i just bought a great looking drake l4b. i was hoping for some pointers on setting it up (tune and load). also what kind of power should i see from this am and ssb? also how should i drive it (how much wattage)? if anyone has a place to download a users manual too it would help. i got...

well i heard a guy here locally had a heathkit sb-220 for sale with 2 3-500z tubes in it. first off the bat he said it would do 3500+ with 300 drive in AM mode. hmmmm got me to thinking. is this possible? maybe so...i dont know. he did say it was set up for am and 11 meter. not that i have...

hello, a friend has bought a new connex 4300hp. i was needing the conversion and peak and tune for him. i was thinking its the same as the 3300, but there is no number on the board. so i thought i would ask here first, before i told him how to do it. thanks very much guys

i have a midland 77-285 with the 7217ap audio chip which has failed on me. i dont have one handy. i do have a new ta7222ap tho. my question is will they interchange and work with no problems? thanks

hello, have had several of these come thru. they have a newer board in them now. anybody know the tune up for the newer board? not the cut d14 for mod and l6 and l5 for power, that is the one for the 1987 board. i need the one for the 1999 board if anyone has it. thanks

hello, i need programming software for a midland/maxon/legacy vhf ht i have. it is the acc-905cd software. i have lots of software but not this one. if anyone has it, and would be willing to share it would be appreciated. thanks and merry christmas

hello, i have a 440 that works great on all bands and all modes but 10 meter. it has garbled audio on 10. great on 75, 80 40 , 20. also works good on 10 meter fm. also the speech processor doesnt work well either. which is not a problem cause it has great audio anyway. more concerned with the...

i have a cobra 89xlr with no tx. no dead key it does receive. it has had a different driver put in it at sometime c3953. was told it worked but it dont. can i put a 2166 driver and a 1969 final in this radio? does it have some of the same problems as the 139xlr? ie capacitor i dont hear a click...

hello, i can trade a new connex 3300hp for a saturn turbo. it has low receive on am and no receive on ssb. tx is great seems everything else works ok ecept a couple lights are out in the display. the face is worn quite a bit too. just checking to see if there is an easy fix. it is an older unit...