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When restoring audio amplifiers, the rule of thumb is that whenever you come across transistors that look like outhouses, replace them with new ones. Is this something that is followed with CB radios as well?

I finally decided to look at this pair of 6248's I got from the guy in Cincinnati, and the first one I have on the bench seems in good shape. I have only found two problems. First is the RX light doesn't work. Might be a burned out LED. The bigger problem is that it won't squelch. I have...

I decided to buy a relatively cheap hot air station as a spare that gets good reviews, so I put in an order with Adafruit for a Quick 957DW+. When it got here, I opened it, and everything looked fine on the outside, but I heard a hell of a rattle that shouldn't be heard. Thinking it might be...

The other day, I posted a picture of a setup I use to keep from having to replace fuses when something stupid happens, such as slipping with a probe tip. I decided I would show both methods I use for this kind of thing in hopes that it will be helpful to people, and make it its own post, just...

I just found a full set of Sam's Photofact CB manuals for $250. I'm pretty sure that between that and the Sencore CB42 service monitor that he's willing to sell me for $25, that it's worth driving 8 hours round trip to get them, since the guy doesn't want to ship them, or accept anything but...

I acquired a Sears SSB RoadTalker 40, model number 934.38310700, and I am looking for at least the alignment procedure for it, if not a service manual. Anyone have info on this radio?

I just realized that this Galaxy DX 2527 is not storing the memory after the power is off for more than about 30 seconds. There is no battery on the board, like there is with other radios with this chassis, so I am assuming that it is using a capacitor on the chip somewhere. Is there a way to...

I have a DX 2527 that has a broken RF coil. The part number for it is ECRFZ10001. I can get one, but the distributor I found that has it wants a minimum order of $100, and I don't need or want that much of their stuff. Does anyone have one of these? It is L34 on the board. Thanks

I was given a Cobra 29 LX that had been apparently dropped on its face, and was intermittently not showing a display, or a backlight. I tracked that problem down to the back of a voltage regulator popping off the board. When I got that soldered down, the display and the meters seemed to work...

It is time to start getting to all the projects I have long intended to get to, but haven't, because I'm starting to feel claustrophobic with all the junk encroaching. First thing I'm working on is frequency counters. I seem to have a problem with acquiring frequency counters, and I am sitting...

I'm trying to track down a problem with a Cobra 40 Plus that I acquired for free. It's putting out a 1.62Khz tone on both transmit and receive. I am unable to detect the tone on pin 6 of the audio amplifier, which is supposed to be input, but I am getting a strong tone on pin 2, which...

I found something that is causing me to scratch my head a bit, so I thought I would see if anyone here knows where I should look. I have a galaxy 2527, which is the same board as the original 2950, and I am having a heck of a time figuring out what was done that is keeping me from having...