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I tried the reincarnation of the AP. What a piece of junk! TVI back then.
Folded 5/8 yeah right. There is no such thing! Much better choices out there.
I just worked on one yesterday. New out of the box, plugged it in and it blew a 30 amp fuse. Turns it the wiring harness was wired incorrectly! 12 gage wire is separated in 3 sections for + & - . Someone at the factory put red tubing on the negative and black on the positive 12 gauge wire at the...
This is why the base unit has a 5 digit frequency counter. To cover up the the instability. This radio never should have been designed with a 8 band selector. Look at the mobile version. It has a 6 digit frequency counter!
But it’s not a 8 bander. It’s obvious as to why they did this. If you add...
27.2Mhz is where it is resonate at untrimmed. TYPO BY Sirio. Should have read 26.3 to 28.1 Mhz Resonate at 27.2 Mhz. There’s a chart showing how to trim it for frequency range. They also posted the wrong length. I personally had the 5/8 wave version up for 8 years. No issues until it got hit. I...
I work in a studio. With microphones that cost thousands of dollars and very high end equipment. The Silmic II caps are nothing more than snake oil.
Put in a high quality Nichicon cap and there is absolutely no difference in sound quality. As for the tantalum caps you are subbing a non polar cap...
FQP13N10 do not work properly in a KL203. And the input match will be way off. 2.8. Not to mention the loss off power versus the original part.
A lot of speculation as to what the part is. And some suggestions are ridiculous.
The ALC over clips even when turned up average talk power is low. In a whistle or tone it is acceptable. This is the same problem Icoms have had.
Hopefully someone will come up with a fix.
Ancient post and incorrect. The D201A’s power supply was of a different design with the same output. It did not need to have as big. 2nd, the 6DG6 while not as robust as the 6l6 forvthe final actually gives more peak audio output and always sounds better when used as the final in this radio.
Chiming in on a ancient post. I have never heard a single conversion CB on AM we're talking here. (There all single on SSB). That sounded near as good as a dual conversion. They always sounded muddy. Dual in my book is the way to go!
I know this is a old post. But this was one of my favorite radios back in 1979.
The modulation adjustment is not R134. Its R135. Changing it to a 1K will get you around 100%. Don't clip it it will sound like crap. These radios sound full and natural with a D104. I remember the first time Inheard...
To each there own. I have owned the same radios you mentioned. A good Tram will obliterate a Madison on AM with clean full audio. I get great audio reports from my ham buddies on SSB. But if I'm going to do some serious SSB I would use my Icom. My Trams have the cleanest fullest audio both on...
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