Galaxy 73v no transmit...junk?

[The13Bats]

A few years back I bought a Galaxy 73v as a back up it was a almost new good talking radio,
I placed it in a book case and now when I tried to use it everything works except,
When you key up the receive is cuts off & the meter turns red like in transmit mode but no dead key and no swing,

I was thinking about taking it to a tech and getting it fixed if it would be worth it ,

any advice or opinions?

Thanks
P.

 

[FL Native]

do you have an external meter ? give me a time and say ch 40, and we can test it or i can bring over my meter if you want.

sometimes if the radio wasnt laid flat. like in its normal use position. the meter's needle will just get stuck.

 

[The13Bats]

It doesnt have talkback or nuttin' so I think it is more than a stuck needle

 

[FL Native]

did you try a different mic. might just be a loose mic wire.

 

[The13Bats]

I tried the stock mic and a brand new cobra power mic, nothing
I was thinking bout taking to that titusville guy
do you think it's worth 100.00 to fix it?

 

[FL Native]

100.00 dollars how can anyone tell you how much when they havent seen it ?

its gota be something simple. even if the final went out it shouldnt cost that much.

 

[The13Bats]

the fellow you turned me onto said he bench checks for 10.00 that is applied to the repair which with a peak and tune could be 100.00 or more,
That would be nice if it was simple,
another tech I know out west says that many times some foil something breaks

It make me wonder how it was working fine when I put it away now dead on transmit

 

[FL Native]

thats what makes me think something simple came unsoldered.
well take it to either of those that you choose. ten bucks sounds ok. since if you let him fix it its taken off the total.
they all do that so you dont say what is it and fix it yourself.

they radio was fine before so why would it need tuned and all that.

 

[The13Bats]

I got it from renagade I think ,
It was like new but I just dont recall if it ever had been tweaked

 

[FL Native]

well you dont use a mobil. so if i was you i would get the 2990 tuned, and talk back added instead of that radio. then worry about it latter on.

 

[Butcher318]

It's worth checking out, could be a cold solder or something simple. Even with a tune you should be well under 100 bucks.

 

[Switch Kit]

only a hundred bucks ! where has the time gone ?

 

[The13Bats]

the 2990 is gone sold it

 

[DTB Radio]

there's no way it should take anywhere close to $100.00 to get it working, including a tune-up. $60-$70 MAYBE. Find someone else to fix it.

 

[TonyV225]

:shock: I think rich people own the overpriced CB shops I wonder if thats what Donald Trump really does???