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Sucks is a strong word if you can prove it. My biggest problem was very poor packing, minor scratches on a new radio, and the stories I got every time a promised shipped date passed. I used Dave, ( who seems to be a nice guy on the phone) by member recommendations here. I didn't know squat then...

It's amazing how people interpret mods differently. I hope this thread gets some traction and more input. I think some believe it works because they have to believe they couldn't of wasted their time.

So you bought a very nice expensive radio and it was never opened for the mods. I thought all his new radios came with an alignment in this price range. And being in Hawaii that's got to be killer for shipping. After reading the experts opinions did you end up sending it out yet? Or refund?

Took the slug out of my 29lx also, modified the ALC and cut R54. It does 40 watts. Only took a month and a half to get. It's working good, clean to most peoples ears. Good for any trucker/ slips eater. 34w on a bird pep. On the HP 54600 scope well .... The math is there. SWR is higher than my...

You can run anything with enough bonding and RF proofing. A 2x4 ??? Why? 2-2290's cruising an 8 pill. I forgot what you said you were running for the radio or specifically what it peps cleanly. If you operate the box correctly instead of chasing a watt meter needle you will get twice as much...

It's working a lot better now after replacing TR 33&48 and the varactor D12&13. I did find C30 had a broken leg and that fixed the changing gain issue in the AGC. It still has a fading or drop out RX but no more crackle. It takes almost an hour to act up now. Weird thing is just blowing on the...

Making small progress. I don't know what " motorboating" exactly sounds like when it comes to the cb version. But when the RX goes out it starts clicking, sounds like engine exhaust idle. Don't know how to describe it exactly. Only TR 18 & 28 get warm to hot. Replaced TR 10,11,14,21,31,35&...

I've had good and bad luck with NTE, the audio, and reg chips are doing well. The rest not so good, like diodes, small transistors and electrolytic caps being leaky. Right now TR 17,18 & 52 are getting warm to hot, when the RX starts acting up. They all test good even when hot. So I'm thinking...

After a cool down it works fine again. Maybe a little too good on the RX. I used freeze spray after it did it again and that worked but I couldn't narrow down the component. It's just slowly came back but not like it is at first. It wasn't instant like I have found in past troubleshooting spray...

Thanks Robb. I seen that and that's what confused me, because this rig has an original 18v D44 and a 4003 in D78 on the board. Not the add on to solder side. Thing is I have a board here that is just like this 83' board but also has the diodes on the solder side too. At the audio chip not the...

It's a1983 radio, its all recapped now. But every time I fix a cap that was bad I find another problem. I have found several transistors also with gain much lower than a new part near these bad caps. The hard part is they test & perform good until a load is placed on them. Just like that audio...

Just curious about the diodes soldered to on back near the audio chip, this one doesn't have them, but they are on all the other ones I have here. The audio chip finally went and the new one has perfect pin voltages, where the old one was a little low on 5&6. I'm still getting a crackle in the...

Found some more bad caps, but they were 50v. As soon as I put the limiter back in, she's doing 3.5-4.5w but sounding very good. Receive is crazy clear and now the noise is way down and with the NBC on its gone. My voltage on the 1419 reg is a little low, .8v low. I'm getting 5.28 on the...

Well a big thanks for the help. 2 of the e-caps in front of the audio chip were bad. Replacing C175 stopped the chip from getting hot. It now is barely Luke warm. But pin 2 is 6.5 volts instead of 2.45 like the schematic says, and that only has a 2.2 50v cap going directly to ground. All the...

No scanner. Tx and RX audio is very good. Actually excellent receive. It was a little crackle till I hit the pots with detox it. Tapping the pot knobs didn't change or effect the crackle I heard the first time I turned it on, like a dirty pot usually does. The screw is ok. It does not have the...

How hot or warm should the T7222 chip get. The aluminum chassis is pretty warm, but when I touched the chip plate it was hot enough to burn my finger. It's not discolored like the 3756. Takes about 15-20 minutes to get this hot. I just picked it up today. 1983 Taiwan, hasn't been used in 8...

I am getting correct pin voltages now for a few then I'm loosing the line lock down to 1.9. I don't know why it takes 2-10 minutes to do this but I have yet to find a faulty part other than the bias driver, which only had a very low gain reading. Getting boxes ready to ship her out east. Thanks...

I was wondering what the diode links are next to the finals. I think they are called link on the schematic. I have some that read open on a fluke but on a tester they have twice the forward voltage drop (1.-29-1.42) of the ones that check as a diode on the fluke. None test bad on the tester.

Thanks shockwave, and you are right there have been many hands in this radio. I got for almost nothing. Traded a 1 pill for the 2000 & a matching speaker. I got the 1 pill for free , just had to put the pieces back together. He couldn't do anything with it. He actually put one of those swing...

I believe its stuck in tx now, but only for USB & AM , LSB no short either. Chasing in circles, but learning a bit.