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Got an old classic Cobra 142 GTL on the desk. Issue: Transmit low in all modes Receive low in all modes Controls/switches scratchy Variable key not functioning correctly Decided to do a complete recap first. Upon removing the old caps, I noticed the C92 location had a 330uf 16v cap instead of...

Got an old school two button President Washington (upd858 PLL), with an old school 1306 driver and an old school 1307 final on the desk. Issue: Blows fuses once turned on. Cause: All caps, every single cap was shot. Fix: Recapped entire radio, even power supply and button board. After fixing...

Got a Galaxy DX 2517 (mosfet version) on the desk. One of my previous works. Issue: Owner claims the frequency counter would switch through frequencies all by itself while just receiving. Did not affect the actual receive or transmit frequency, radio still received and transmitted on right...

Got a Connex CX-4600 Turbo on the desk today for just a checkup after 4 years of being stored. After warming up for 30 minutes: Hi deadkey = 75w, WOW!!! Lo deadkey = 25w, WOW!!! PEP swing at any deadkey level = 225w Peak swing """"" = 165w Average swing """""" = 92w Found a diode alone...

Just got finished working on an old Galaxy Saturn (ept3600 board) that had some receive issues. AM receive was ok, not the best in the world. AM meter had to be cranked almost wide open. SSB receive was weak, it was there but volume had to be turned up halfway just to hear people. SSB meter...

Just posting on my review of the new RCI-29 base radio. Two of my local friends joined together and bought 2 of the RCI-29 bases from Anderson Radio Supply located in SC. They had to place a pre-order about 3 weeks ago for the radios. Well, the radios finally arrived at their homes. One guy...

Got a Connex CX-3300HP on the desk today with low VCO voltage. Cannot get the VCO voltage up to 3.20v. it'll go up to 2.19v and then drop out or start dropping back down. Issue with radio is, frequencies are all out of whack. 10.2398mhz measured on pin 4 of the PLL. 15.23??mhz measured at TP3...

Got a Connex 3300hp on the desk today for a quick check. Owner said he bought it from the last tech around here which passed away a couple years ago and never hooked it up. He said he bought it used from the old tech. It has all new caps in it, someone recapped it before it got to me. Limiter...

These operators are slowly starting to push tube type radios on me, lol. Problem is, I know nothing about how a tube radio works. But that's never stopped me from accepting the challenge. This 201 is not the hand-wired 201. It's the second release 201. Issues: 1. Loud hum in receive speaker...

Got an RCI2980 on the desk. Owner stated power dropped to 2w swinging 10w and Roger Beep not working. This guy bought this radio for 100 bucks a few months ago and brought it straight to me to check out cause it was stuck in PA mode and he wanted a complete alignment. Got it all checked out...

Got a friend wanting me to install this D104 Pre-Amp plus compressor board into his D104. The D104 has the factory amp board in it, and I had to unsolder that board to install this board in it's place. The mic is of the TUP design. Here is the wire colors: Green Yellow Red battery Black...

Got my order in for all the caps I normally use, but some of them don't have a negative stripe but instead have a BP marking. I checked digikey for the ones I ordered, and I ordered Bi-Polar by mistake. Now I got several batches of caps that I can't use when I need them most. Now I gotta place...

May of you may remember a few weeks ago me posting about having a Connex 4800 DXL on the desk. It was sent to me because it was overheating and needed an alignment. Well, after going over it, I noticed they had a swing mod strapped across the passthrough regulator (which in my opinion is a no...

Got a Galaxy Saturn 6-band version on the desk. Owner picked it up at our local hamfest recently. He paid 350 for it and took it up to the testing area of the hamfest to check it out, only to find out the receive was non-existent, had to crank volume all the way up to hear just a little noise...

Got a Realistic TRC-457 on the desk today. This radio belongs to a long time friend of mine. He uses this radio every once in a while. He wanted me to check it out cause he's noticing some issues as of lately. He wants no mods installed, he wants it stock. Upon evaluation: Transmit frequency is...

Got another old president on the desk today. This time it's an old President Washington (858) version. This one looks to be in bad shape. Upon evaluation: No meter light, channel indicator dim, mode lights dim, radio would almost shut off when keyed, Dust all throughout the rear (where vents in...

Got another Cobra 2000 that was abused brought back to life. Before: AM - deadkey 7w, swing to 10w peak, swing backward to 4.5w in average. SSB - 10w peak. Homemade channel board checked out. Seems as though it doesn't leak emissions or RF, seems stable. Screwy clarifier mod. Now: AM - 2.5w...

Got a bone stock Uniden Washington (UPD858 - 2 button version) that the owner wants high frequencies installed. He wants to keep the regular 40 channels, plus the high channels (frequencies). Him and his buddies hang on channel 40 on quiet days/nights and frequency 27.8450/ 27.8550 when heavy...

Question: Has anyone tried using RT5's in place of RT1'S or RT3'S without modifying circuits? Got a friend that has an RM Italy 703 he's wanting to replace all the original RT1'S with the RT5'S. Will this swap work without issues popping up or modifying the circuit to make them work in this...

Finishing up this Cobra 2000 GTL that was bought brand new back in the early 90s by a late friend of mine, rest his soul. He bought this radio brand new from cobra back in the early 90s and brought it plus an expo kit straight over to my shop before he even opened the box. I was the one to...