Stryker 955HP - A picture is worth a thousand words.........

[Lkaskel]

So, a local operator asked me if I could look at his radio for him. Now lets be clear, I am a hobbyist at best. The one thing I have going for me is that I was a certified mil-spec soldering person so there's that..... As many of you have experienced, it is rare to get a radio that has not been "touched". In fact, for me, the biggest challenge is trying to figure out what it should look like as opposed to what I get at 1st glance. So this 955HP has been touched. Actually, the operator told me that he had tried to do some things to it and he admitted that he was embarrassed at the damage. I am in no means trying to shame the operator. It just made me go "WOW"!!!! The owner is a really good guy and I am going to do my darn best to get it back in shape for him. Now to the current situation.....

See the attached,

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

OUCH!

 

[9C1Driver]

Why anyone would even mess with a surface mount radio is beyond me. The most I would even consider is a slight modulation pot turn or AM dead key setting. No soldering.

 

[sunbulls]

He needs a temperature controlled solder station and a roll of quality solder. That’s obvious. If he is willing to buy whatever you recommend I would give him a few lessons on how to use it as a Christmas gift.

 

[Big Kahuna]

What was he trying to do? Bizarre.

 

[Lkaskel]

What was he trying to do? Bizarre.

The only thing that I know he was hoping to do was to upgrade the CAP that is wire tied to the chassis. He said that this helps the "stability". I need to research that one. I am unsure about the damage to the plugs.

 

[Tokin]

He needs a temperature controlled solder station and a roll of quality solder. That’s obvious. If he is willing to buy whatever you recommend I would give him a few lessons on how to use it as a Christmas gift.

He needs a slap on the wrist and his iron taken away. Good grief lol!

 

[Lkaskel]

It's alive......

 

[Low_Boy]

OUCH!

You took the words right out of my mouth.
I will just have to say WOW.

 

[Lkaskel]

Here is how LUCKY I am. I replaced 2 caps, did some major repairs to damaged tracks and pads, removed and correctly reinstalled the 8 volt regulator, cleaned the solder side of the board a ton, re-flowed a bunch of connections, cleaned the solder side again a ton and..... When I turned it on it powered up, received and transmitted. I thought for sure that there was going to be some bad parts or maybe some of my repairs were not on point but no...it worked. YAY!!!!!