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This is the place in Holden, La he has 17 antennas which I marked in red due to poor image quality sorry it was raining. He also has a white coax which I marked in white. Never heard the guy on am or ssb but do pick up a ton of interference when I drive by.

Thanks for the explanation and I can honestly say the dead key is very close to what the tech showed me. To be fair my astatic pdc1 meter actually shows dead key just a tad lower than what the dosy meter showed. I just didn't want to be cheated by a tech I've had friends get hit by a tech who...

You are right I recalibrate my pdc1 meter with every change I make. If I change mics or antennas or radios I recalibrate it. Was taught you always recalibrate your meters after making changes. I was just wondering if there could be a 20 watt difference between the meters . I honestly didn't...

Dosy meter not Dorsy this is why I dislike autocorrect

Ok I had a "tech" work on 2 of my radios. I can say he did lower the dead key on both units however he showed me on a Dorsy meter that my Galaxy dx 77 hml was supposed to be swinging 50 watts and my Cobra 29 ltd classic is supposed to be swinging 35 watts. My question is how much difference in...

Need some tech classes

One more important thing Ive forgotten to mention is this radio isn't a black faced unit its a silver faced model

I was assuming it is corrosion, thanks for the info on that. I watched the tech with this radio he didn't use a scope just a Dosy meter. He never touched the spring things. And he said someone had done a dirty modulation mod in it. It has stamps on the inside covers with a signature for a cb...

Always have used an external watt meter. Currently using an astatic pdc1 and with the roger beep the best I've seen it swing is about 35. The tech did tell me via a phone call that he never lets a radio leave his shop wide open. Stated that he wants happy customers with radios that last

Wilson t2000 set to 1 swr on ch 40 and just barely above 1 on ch 1. Radio is set to high and mix gain is halfway

Thanks for the info and advise. My goal is to keep the radio in good working condition as long as possible.

Nope that's why I'm here you guys know more than I do. I'm just talking so I can learn more. Also the Board cancer as he called it was a black and green spot on the board. And final comment/question is I have a cousin whom can build almost anything electronic he said if the board does have a...

Ok thanks for that piece of advice about not squeezing every watt out of them. Also my 77 does not have a frequency counter connection at all. The tech said it also had the heat sink installed aftermarket. Which is why he says it was a single final radio . Another website shows a conversion...

Ok so would the irf 520s do any better ? Also heres what I know about the radio . Supposedly its an original dx 77 hml that was single final converted to double finals. It has the 2 mosfets in it. And the tech now said he thinks he remembers seeing board cancer?? Don't know bout that one unless...

The 2 mosfet looking things inside say erf2030 on them

Would it be better if I swapped the mosfet for a couple of irf520s

Is this the guy in Holden La ? If not next time I go by I'll get a pic of his must be 10 - 12 antennas in this guys yard

No foot warmers here strictly bare foot. Been running on high with mic gain wide open most don't complain they say its loud and clear. However a few with unmolested radios keep saying I'm breaking up when I'm close by

Dumb question time. Ive forgotten which is better. My radio swings 50 watts according to the tech that worked on it. I have 3 settings low medium and high on low and medium I have a dead key of about one or right at one. Tested this with a dummy load myself. And a dead key of threw on high. If...

I've actually been here awhile just forgot my old account info so had to make a new one. Think my old account handle was dynamite kid or kid dynamite something like that