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Capncrunch
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 14, 2002 - 7:53 am: | 
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i have a 2950 that has the lights out in the freq display and was curious is it possible to put some colored led lights in there to replace the old ones also as of yesterday something happened to the recieve with volume wide open i could barely pick any one up it was real real low, any advice appreciated
thanks
capncrunch |
Inspector
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 14, 2002 - 6:51 pm: |
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As for the LEDs, I have done that to many 2950s with great results. I use two 6 volt blue LEDs, one for each side. The lighting circuit is a 12v complete circuit, meaning if just one bulb blows, both go dark. When installing the LEDs, take note of the polarity as if you put them in backward, they will not light and you risk blowing the expensive LEDs. |
Capncrunch
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 14, 2002 - 8:54 pm: |
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thanx inspector,
bet those blue LEDs look cool in there ill have to try that when i get the other problem fixed i appreciate your help
capncrunch |
Capncrunch
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 14, 2002 - 8:56 pm: |
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thanx inspector,
bet those blue LEDs look cool in there ill have to try that when i get the other problem fixed i appreciate your help
capncrunch |
Capncrunch
| | Posted on Friday, September 06, 2002 - 8:08 am: |
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ok im gonna try this again still not fixed rx on the 2950 dropped out it still works but only hear radios that are real close by if they are far at all i have to turn volume wide open and that doesnt help much i dont even get any static noise its so low any one got an idea pls
capncrunch |
Sonoma
| | Posted on Friday, September 06, 2002 - 1:20 pm: |
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take the covers off and push on the boards and see if it comes back you may have a loose solder joint.use the erraser on a pencil to do this.at the back of the radio is a stand up board,wiggle it slightly also and see if it is loose.I had one with a cracked board in this area and it did the same.sonoma |
Capncrunch
| | Posted on Friday, September 06, 2002 - 7:29 pm: |
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tks for reply sonoma
i have tried all of that doesnt help or i just havent found the bad spot i thought maybe if it was cracked or bad solder joint it might go in and out on bumps but it doesnt do that just stays low im wandering if maybe i overloaded the rx on the radio by keying another radio on an antennae right next to an antennae hooked to this one dont know if i did this but they were both hooked up just before this went bad |
Sonoma
| | Posted on Saturday, September 07, 2002 - 2:32 pm: |
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check the 2 receive diodes in d21 and d22.if an over load as you stated can blow them.in914 or 1n4148 will replace them.Sonoma |
Capncrunch
| | Posted on Sunday, September 08, 2002 - 2:18 am: |
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sonoma thanks
ill change them and see if thats the prob |
