Well, damn ........
The fellow just cannot leave well enough alone.
He has "broken" this radio twice now since I restored/refurbished it and he took it home.
The first time, he thought he could get the turner SSB +2 microphone better. So he opened it up and got the reed contacts all out of sync by bending them some. He then proceeded to use the mic on the Simba SSB. What happened is that the microphone would stay in the transmit position with audio, before the receive circuit would break. Not good. this backfed the transmit signal and audio in to the receive of the radio. I got this repaired about two weeks ago.
Now today, he told me that the radio keeps blowing the DC power fuse as soon as he turns it on.
Now keep in mind I had schooled him numerous times that he had a bad grounding issue with his antenna and coax system. He assured me he had fixed it.
Guess what. He hadn't fixed it.
So yesterday the "fixed antenna coax" swr's shot up to way over 3~4 ......out of an amplifier. I asked if he had actually taken care of the coax/ antenna problem. He finally admitted that he had not.
This fellow is really very nice guy. But he figures he can "jury rig" anything to get it working.
I told him that it will cost him this time, because the previous time was a freeby.
IF, he will be willing to pay the price .......
And that it may take awhile until I get the time to take a look at it. I told him 2~3 months this time.
He is a nice guy, but dang he is his own worst enemy.
Well, yeah, the above post is what I posted recently.
I used the radio for a month, with his Palomar 400 amplifier that I also repaired. I had talked a lot of local, and a lot of DX since I had repaired it the second time.
Earlier this week, he called me to let me know he had his money ready to pay for it.
I took the Simba SSB radio, the Turner SSB+2 microphone, the Palomar 400, and a 55 amp power supply he bought from me for the amp, back to him.
My wife and me needed to do some grocery shopping and grab some lunch while we were in the city. (about two hours)
Upon leaving for home, I called out to him on the radio. He answered right away. He was so happy that everything was working so well. The radio and amp sounded good.
Well, today he called me and told me the radio was not working again.
It took me quite a bit of talking to him, but he finally admitted to me that he had done the same thing again this time that he had done the two previous times. He just could not leave things alone and figured he could make it better. Now it keeps blowing the DC fuse as soon as it is turned on.
I am going to do what Loosecannon suggested, and I told him that I can't do anything else. I have done all I can, but he insists on messing with things when he gets it back.
I'm done with this one. He will have to find someone else to take it to, or use it for an anchor.
