Shadetree Mechanic
Delaware Base Station 808
The Chinese government (that owns half of the company that makes it) refuses to disclose their technological advancements. This makes it harder for another Chinese company to copy it.
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UNIDEN BEARCAT 980 SSB TUNE SPOTS
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They even do this with military things these days. Potted components, technical manuals with block diagrams instead of actual schematics, and pushing warranties and field service reps as opposed to providing the technical data.
They reserve the right to maintain the secrecy of proprietary information. Some of the potted blocks in military hardware are used to hide NASPARS devices.
NASPARS is non-military grade electronic components. Potting them gives them an improved status and acceptance by the military DoD standards. We had transformers that were hand wound with flat copper wire and those had to be potted to work and be accepted. That was done for the YUC-7 battle controller..
NASPARS is non-military grade electronic components. Potting them gives them an improved status and acceptance by the military DoD standards. We had transformers that were hand wound with flat copper wire and those had to be potted to work and be accepted. That was done for the YUC-7 battle controller..
Maybe, but it also makes them utterly useless in a forward area where the FSR can’t or won’t go. The result is drag the gear back to a big base, more man hours, more down time, etc...all so the FSR can plug in his ruggedized laptop with proprietary software and tell you “it’s broke”.
Proprietary, trade secret components on things like heavy equipment, generators, and air conditioners makes little sense...or at least it never did to me.
A heck lot of man hours has been put into reverse engineering this crap, and making schematics for it.
Proprietary, trade secret components on things like heavy equipment, generators, and air conditioners makes little sense...or at least it never did to me.
A heck lot of man hours has been put into reverse engineering this crap, and making schematics for it.
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Just like the cars on the road today. If you pull the codes on a car and change all of the possible bad parts listed your out the money when all you had to do is tighten the gas cap!
I agree 100%.
I worked in a hydraulics shop after retiring, rebuilding and repairing cylinders and what not. All the big equipment companies have proprietary assemblies. Hardly what I would call “trade secrets”...yet even with a $100,000 disassembly bench and God knows how much in tooling, we still needed proprietary tools daily. Finally bought a water-jet and started making our own. When a half a million dollar piece of gear is down, people pay. Getting things back in action within hours is rare these and very valuable.
I have a 6 months old, bought new, only owner, never had a screwdriver on the case much less inside it, and the display led digits fade out...
The local tech I used for my stuff seemed to be able to sort out these radios but, unfortunately, has retired and I have no way of knowing how to fix it. So this one will be taken out of the pickup to the shack and an older Realistic sidebander will go into its place.
Guess it don't do well in a mobile environment . . .
Just isn't going to get fixed and I won't trade it like it is. Couldn't read the display no matter which color I set it except at night anyhow...
The local tech I used for my stuff seemed to be able to sort out these radios but, unfortunately, has retired and I have no way of knowing how to fix it. So this one will be taken out of the pickup to the shack and an older Realistic sidebander will go into its place.
Guess it don't do well in a mobile environment . . .
Just isn't going to get fixed and I won't trade it like it is. Couldn't read the display no matter which color I set it except at night anyhow...
I had that with my last one shortly before it quite working. My new one seems to only be visible straight on.
I wanted to try one for some time before I overspent (any amount over $100 for a CB) for it. Unfortunately, not really impressed.
SSB performance seems good (seems good on a Grant or 148, too).
Too much rotating menu options from the channel selector - not senior eyesight friendly - prefer the much easier analog switches of traditional CB design.
SSB performance seems good (seems good on a Grant or 148, too).
Too much rotating menu options from the channel selector - not senior eyesight friendly - prefer the much easier analog switches of traditional CB design.
I have hit and miss feelings on mine (now under control of a son).
I didn’t like the 4 step incremental mic gain and RF gain, and just couldn’t warm up to it in general. I was, however, very happy with SSB stability and audio quality.
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I was tempted but resisted that 980 temptation and never bought one. AT-6666 was enough of an overload for me without throwing additional radio menus in the mix.
The only menus I really like are those I find in restaurants.
The only menus I really like are those I find in restaurants.
I got 2 980's 1 is newer can kill annoying beep with button push.much better radio than the early 1.i got em both same place same day.wish id checked n demanded both newer version.
My older 980 is off frequincy on ssb too
My older 980 is off frequincy on ssb too
I love mine. Use it as a base and always get compliments on the audio when shooting skip. Stock mic as well. All the locals love it on AM with a m6b too. I’ve had my son talk to me on it and I’m very impressed.
After testing the 980 and the McKinley I feel like the President is the better of the two radios. Mine has been in my mobile for over 2 years now and is still perfectly on frequency and I've had no issues with the display (which I've run into with the Lincoln II, CRE 8900, and Anytone).