Radio: Major M-360. I like older radios and thought I'd add this one to my collection. Got it at a more than fair price, didn't expect it to work... and it didn't!!! Ha ha ha!
So anyways, This is a 3 band (FCC 40 - High - Higher) multimode radio. About the size of a 148 GTL. Cybernet export chassis and it uses 3 crystals (therefore only one set of n-codes) to drive a PLL02A about it's business to synthesize the freqs for the three bands. Modes available are AM-FM-USB-LSB.
Innards of the radio look pretty good (no obvious hacking) other than someone has turned RV12 all the way up (AMC), which is to be expected.
Radio powers up. I hear static on USB/LSB and FM, but not so much on AM. Needle barely moves on AM when I am near unit with portable CB transmitting on Ch 19.
When I attempt to transmit AM/USB/LSB, no power indicated on wattmeter sitting betwixt the radio and "you big dummy" load. Yes, I attempted speaking into the mic on SSB.
Not that this matters, but the mic socket has been rewired from 4 pin cybernet to 4 pin Uniden/Galaxy/RCI, etc. This is known good and not causing the problemo.
I am not at all familiar with this radio, and I'm looking for some basic troubleshooting for this chassis before I send it to a professional.
thanks,
Fuzz
So anyways, This is a 3 band (FCC 40 - High - Higher) multimode radio. About the size of a 148 GTL. Cybernet export chassis and it uses 3 crystals (therefore only one set of n-codes) to drive a PLL02A about it's business to synthesize the freqs for the three bands. Modes available are AM-FM-USB-LSB.
Innards of the radio look pretty good (no obvious hacking) other than someone has turned RV12 all the way up (AMC), which is to be expected.
Radio powers up. I hear static on USB/LSB and FM, but not so much on AM. Needle barely moves on AM when I am near unit with portable CB transmitting on Ch 19.
When I attempt to transmit AM/USB/LSB, no power indicated on wattmeter sitting betwixt the radio and "you big dummy" load. Yes, I attempted speaking into the mic on SSB.
Not that this matters, but the mic socket has been rewired from 4 pin cybernet to 4 pin Uniden/Galaxy/RCI, etc. This is known good and not causing the problemo.
I am not at all familiar with this radio, and I'm looking for some basic troubleshooting for this chassis before I send it to a professional.
thanks,
Fuzz