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When using an an elevated vertical such as a maco v 5/8 etc there is no advantage to adding more radials, if using a ground mounted vert. then extra ground radials are a must to offset ground losses.Elevated verticals are not affected by ground losses as much and 3 to 4 radials at 1/4 wave...

I have owned a 158EDX for about a year now and aside from the drifting the TX and RX are very good.I contacted Ranger about getting replacement crystals to correct the drifting and was told that they don't carry parts go figure!! Bob

I have owned a 920 since 2001 and I must say that it is a very good radio but if you plan on doing any AM work I suggest that you get an AM filter otherwise you will be listening to about 30 kc,s at once without it.The SSB filter is adequate for everyday stuff but if you are going to do any...

By the way this is in reference to IMD 262 ,s comment about the 102

The FT102 can be changed to 11 meters by clipping certain, diodes been a long time since I owned one, actually had 2 of them.I was able to retain 10 meters by installing a discrete switch under the radio,as a matter of fact the 102 ,s had the best receiver ever built, even better than anything...

There is a fuse inside the control box just behind the meter, its about 500ma fuse and its purpose is to protect the meter ,I would check that first if the rotor is turning also check out the pot inside the rotor there may be a flat spot where the wiper rubs on this wire wound pot...

I had one of those a while back and had the same problem,I found a burnt out resistor located in front of the driver or final, I can,t remember now but replaced that and was back in business. Bob