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new 980ssb uniden

  • Thread starter Thread starter BOOTY MONSTER
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you push this button twice ,that one once ,turn it on n off 3 times ,then key the mic twice and the squelch turns into a variable .

i thought you knew??:whistle:

Yeah, just like the BS trick on my LX LE, right? :lol::lol:

I am still waiting on one of the Dip$h!t$ to post proof of their claim.
(Not here, Youtube and another forum)
 
rumor has it that the board will be same as a grant? I like the looks of it but must ask where's the clarifier also? How hard will this be to add extras to and will the frequency display show the extras?
 
Sorry no hard feelins ,but I wouldnt waste my money on that junk.....It's gettin hard enough to get any mfg to put out a radio that will last longer than 3-5 yrs...and when it does break down they build the damn thing where you cant replace the failed components on the circuit boards....you would be better off buying a whole new radio......quality where has american production gone??? China???:cursing:
 
Anyone ever come across a schematic for the 980ssb? I have one that keeps blowing the smoke out of a 10 ohm smd resistor and the final works great. Took a finsl from a known working 980 and replaced it justbto be sure. The radio still blew smoke from the 10 ohm. Put the questionable final back into the know good radio and no problem. Im stumped because there doesn't seem to be any schematics out there.
 
Anyone ever come across a schematic for the 980ssb?
I hope I'm wrong, but as far as I know a full schematic for that radio never did surface.

I remember reading that some Brazilian techs did try and reverse engineer one at some point, and they got as far as figuring out the PLL part and had one 980 modded to have export frequencies in it. Brazil has an 80 channel band, so I think they just wanted to use that radio on their whole band.

The shine went off the radio pretty fast when they all started to have the fading/ disappearing display problem after a year or two, and it became apparent that they were very very difficult to modify in any useful way.
 
I hope I'm wrong, but as far as I know a full schematic for that radio never did surface.

I remember reading that some Brazilian techs did try and reverse engineer one at some point, and they got as far as figuring out the PLL part and had one 980 modded to have export frequencies in it. Brazil has an 80 channel band, so I think they just wanted to use that radio on their whole band.

The shine went off the radio pretty fast when they all started to have the fading/ disappearing display problem after a year or two, and it became apparent that they were very very difficult to modify in any useful way.
It was a few years ago, but I was shot down pretty quick when I was inquiring about a service manual for the radio. :D I at least tried lol. But you are right... 1st 980 SSB for some reason the board outright put out crappy power on SSB. Maybe it always did it and I didnt catch onto it. I got that radio in 2016. Held onto the thing and a couple years ago, a parts 980 landed on eBay for cheap. (Think it was $40 + shipping). The radio worked but of course suffered the display problem. Swapped the working display from the broken 980 SSB to the one that came from eBay. Works great for now. I did unlock the clarifier on it too. (I will not keep it in the car as to not expose the display to extreme cold or heat.)
 

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