RCI 2950
D75 is burnt out on component side of board its the right front side its black burnt and kapoot and a guy in my area is wondering what it can be replaced with its a second generation radio capacitor...
View ArticleHome Made Antenna "Tower"/Pole
So my brother recently bought a house and a piece of land in the next county over. The house is on a knoll in the head of a holler, and although he is in kind of an open/high spot relative to the rest...
View Articlestill some State Side DX !
Hi guys, Although the band seems a bit low last couple of days...the USA is still being heard, here in The Netherlands. couldnt be on that long today..Hope to hear a couple of our forum users soon !...
View ArticleCobra 29 channel 19 on 18 sometimes
I am working on my buddy's 29, he's having problems with it drifting channels. Sometimes he will lose people on 19 flip to 18 and there they are. I have checked the voltages on the 2816 PLL and they...
View ArticleHave you purchased ham gear because of this site? What was it?
With all of the information and reviews that members post about ham radio equipment on this site, I started wondering just how much these topics have influenced others to buy. So, I figured it would be...
View Article2950 driver
Hi,I've got a 2950 with the 12z board and a bad driver final.Anybody have recommendations on what to replace it with?Go back to 2sc2166?Or replace driver and finals?Customer wants max watts(of course)....
View Articlelooking for Finco stinger 540 (5 element beam) manual
hi everyone.. looking for the dimensions for a Finco stinger 540.. 1 inch square boom. 5 elements. aprox. 21 ft long ..any help would be great..
View ArticleUHF Crystal Radio
May be viewed at http://nandustips.blogspot.in/2015/12/uhf-crystal-radio.html 73, Nandu.
View ArticleTexas Star DX500 and high SWR
I have a Texas Star DX500 (non variable) amp that I have been running for about 6 years now, trouble free. Recently, the amplfier would throw the SWR's off the scale when turned on. I have checked all...
View ArticleJohnson Messenger 2 Has Feedback Coming Thru Its Speaker? Video.
I'm stumped...anyone know what is causing this and how to fix it?
View ArticleFrancis Amazer Patent info.
is the Patent for the Francis Amazer and Wheeler Dealer antenna designs. It is an interesting and novel idea to improve match and bandwidth for a 1/4 wave mobile antenna that is shorter than 102" ss...
View ArticleCobra 2000 GTL help with SSB lower ouput
Hi all, I am new to the forum, could use some help. I just acquired a Cobra 2000GTL in nice shape. Has extra channels, good receive, AM output is 4 watts and swings to about 10 watts but SSB only PEAKS...
View ArticleHomemade car antenna mount
I need to fab up a mount for my car a1nd I was wondering if anyone here has done this and if so, what type of stock did you use? I'm making one that will mount to the inside of the hatch (the main body...
View ArticleDialing in new Nikon Prostaff Scope . . .
I was going to use a simple laser pointer in the chamber of the 03/M2 Springfield rifle. Can't be much worse than using one of the cheap lights that get terrible revues, so I thought I would improvise....
View ArticleCobra 148 gtl issue
Hello i have a cobra 148gtl made in 2010,here is my issue when i key up tr41 gets very hot even to touch happens on am only usb and lsb are fine ,any help would be appreciated thanks.
View ArticleLightning Antennas GR45
Looks interesting. Was wondering if anyone ran one of these. Any thoughts? http://www.lightningantennas.com/mobile/
View ArticleAntenna analyzer?
I would like to look into an analyzer because just like everybody else I want to get most out of my setup. And SWR meter only tells part of the story. The AA-600 RigExpert is the only one listed in the...
View Article#25 Icom IC-745 repair part 1. tear down and review of problems
#25 Icom IC-745 repair part 1. tear down and review of problems In this video we have a look at Icom IC-745 HF transceiver. Although this is listed as an all mode rig it does not have AM transmit. On...
View ArticleSUNON FAN
The fan in my Palomar 500 elete calls for Sunon model no. fan 1209ptb-3 12v 1.6w. There are many available on eBay but I can't find that exact model number. I would like to replace it with a sunon but...
View ArticleWorld Radio Day Official Logo 2016 T-shirt
Check out the World Radio Day 2016 official logo t-shirt at https://teechip.com/wrdt 13 February is World Radio Day — a day to celebrate radio as a medium; to improve international cooperation between...
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