Hello all,,, I believe this is my first post after joining a while back. A little history. I am not a radio repair guy and do not have the proper equipment to tune or properly test one. I have a Dosy SWR/power/modulation meter, a dummy load and a multi meter. I do have my Amateur Radio Technician ticket and am studying for the General.
About 2 years ago I picked this radio up in a trade. It's operational status was unknown, but did power on and I have very, very little invested it the radio, desk and hand mics. My original intent for accepting it in the trade was flipping it ( as is ) for profit, as I knew that most all 40 channel SSB radios are sought after. I got it home and hooked it up to a dummy load. Upon keying the mic the unit powers off until the PTT is released. At that point I committed that I was going to attempt to recap the radio,,, something I had never done before. I purchased the capacitor kit and planned to attack the job on Memorial Day 2017 while camping in our RV. As it turned out, that weekend nothing went right. Everything I touched turned to crap. I made the decision not to touch the radio for fear of damaging it during my spell of bad luck.
Fast forward 2 years and the radio is now going to be put on the bench for a recap this weekend while my family is away for a short vacation. After the recap is complete, I may seek to have it "tuned" if necessary.
I just wanted to ask for some opinions on the radio. I have only casually used mobile CB rigs in the past, back in the 80's and 90's,, but it was very limited use. I wouldn't mind adding a SSB base station to my still growing setup. Any thoughts on what a man can do himself with such limited tools?
Thanks in advance,,, I'm sure I'll have more questions later.
About 2 years ago I picked this radio up in a trade. It's operational status was unknown, but did power on and I have very, very little invested it the radio, desk and hand mics. My original intent for accepting it in the trade was flipping it ( as is ) for profit, as I knew that most all 40 channel SSB radios are sought after. I got it home and hooked it up to a dummy load. Upon keying the mic the unit powers off until the PTT is released. At that point I committed that I was going to attempt to recap the radio,,, something I had never done before. I purchased the capacitor kit and planned to attack the job on Memorial Day 2017 while camping in our RV. As it turned out, that weekend nothing went right. Everything I touched turned to crap. I made the decision not to touch the radio for fear of damaging it during my spell of bad luck.
Fast forward 2 years and the radio is now going to be put on the bench for a recap this weekend while my family is away for a short vacation. After the recap is complete, I may seek to have it "tuned" if necessary.
I just wanted to ask for some opinions on the radio. I have only casually used mobile CB rigs in the past, back in the 80's and 90's,, but it was very limited use. I wouldn't mind adding a SSB base station to my still growing setup. Any thoughts on what a man can do himself with such limited tools?
Thanks in advance,,, I'm sure I'll have more questions later.