I was out of town most of the month of July.
I did answer the email.
I was on a road trip. I am home now.
Yes, I have Chipswitches available.
I did answer the email.
I was on a road trip. I am home now.
Yes, I have Chipswitches available.
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Chipswitch for 2510/2600/Lincoln
- Thread starter AudioShockwav
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Are these still available @Rogerbird1 ? Is there an install guide for the chip switch or just swap chip, convert, broadband and tune? Asking for a friend. I'm very comfortable soldering and unsoldering sensitive ic's/pll's. Does the kit include a socket? Thanks.
Last I spoke with him, he had both Chips and sockets, they are not hard to replace if you are proficient at soldering, I did several back when these were popular.
The only caution is to make sure you don't pull out any through hole connectors in the board.
Tiny copper sleeves that make contact from the top to the bottom of the board.
User manual is on his page
E mail
rogerbird1@aim.com
Or
Message him here
73
Jeff
The only caution is to make sure you don't pull out any through hole connectors in the board.
Tiny copper sleeves that make contact from the top to the bottom of the board.
User manual is on his page
E mail
rogerbird1@aim.com
Or
Message him here
73
Jeff
Thanks, I will look into it. This guy has been asking about this mod for about a year and I kept putting it off. Shouldn't be too hard if the factory solder isn't that lead free stuff, given the age of the rig, I'd say not.
It's really not bad, some would use a pair of snippers to carefully cut all 64 pins and then remove one pin at a time.
I used a simple RS desoldering tool with the squeeze bulb and never had a problem.
I got a 2600 one-time off fleabay cheap that was DOA with a ChipSwitch, the person that attempted the install pulled a couple of the feed throughs out of the board and bricked it.
About 30 min work and it was fixed.
73
Jeff
That's what I use, with the bulb, and I am quite fond of it, although the tips are like hens teeth now. I only use it when I can't use the plunger type, to keep the last 2 tips I have going. I think the vacuum type is next on my list if I can't get anymore bulb types. Ditto on cutting the pins, but that's just not my style these days, since the stock chip is still good. Thanks again Jeff, I sent an email to initiate the transaction.
Yes, I still have the Chip and sockets. I do ship with an install guide and an operations manual. Email me: rogerbird1 @ aim. com (remove spaces)
Chip arrived today, packaged well and it's installed. I got scared when I first turned it on and didn't see anything on the display. I knew my work was golden, extra esd protection, some of the finest soldering I've ever done. The radio was upside-down and looking at it from that angle, you can't see a thing on the display. I bent down to pick up a screw from the floor and the display was as it should be. Whew. I didn't realize the screen had to be viewed from a certain range of angle. Anyways, thanks again Roger. If my friend likes it, and I know he will, we may be doing it again.
Will the Chipswitch also work in the original Lincoln (not Lincoln II)?
I bought a couple of the chips years ago for my HR2510/2600 but never got around to installing them. As a previous poster noted: They're a simple radio - but I like them.
Managed to collect the entire series (2510/2600/Lincoln and an HTX-100). Planning to put all in a 4 high custom rack at the vintage section of my operating desk.
The local 10M gang has President's Day on our net frequency and quite a few of these get dragged out of storage then placed on the air. Be cool to add 12M to them. When 10 gets overly congested we sometimes find ourselves there.
I bought a couple of the chips years ago for my HR2510/2600 but never got around to installing them. As a previous poster noted: They're a simple radio - but I like them.
Managed to collect the entire series (2510/2600/Lincoln and an HTX-100). Planning to put all in a 4 high custom rack at the vintage section of my operating desk.
The local 10M gang has President's Day on our net frequency and quite a few of these get dragged out of storage then placed on the air. Be cool to add 12M to them. When 10 gets overly congested we sometimes find ourselves there.
