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High_frequency_drifter
New member
Username: High_frequency_drifter
Post Number: 1
Registered: 9-2023
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2023 - 4:43 pm: | 
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Greetings everyone. Just got the 2 way radio bug again after a brief absence since 1995 and bought a few used radios (big mistake) My Ranger lit up but did nothing else. I opened it up and and found an 2 piece yellow wire that looked like it should've been connected to the watt meter. Soldered it back on and it came to life (static & voices) Trouble is that channels 33-40 read as they should on a separate freq counter but channels 1-32 are 27.6048 to 27.64.48. Channels 5-11 are duplicates of channels 33-40. Any ideas? Is this a ham radio? |
Dale
Senior Member
Username: Dale
Post Number: 2449
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Monday, November 13, 2023 - 8:08 pm: |
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not a ham radio..its a cb and appears to me someone has added above 40 channels ...play around with all switches such as nb, anl, bright dim, ect
dale/a.k.a.hotrod
cef426
cvc#64
454 [dx numbers]
38lsb
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Charliebrown
Advanced Member
Username: Charliebrown
Post Number: 865
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 14, 2023 - 3:36 am: |
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Could be the crystal or ic chip is bad or going bad. How is the transmit and the audio? Is it low or weak? I am wondering if it is getting enough dc power. Sometimes a power regulator can get weak or bad. It is just a guess but that is an old radio.. |
Tech858
Moderator
Username: Tech858
Post Number: 615
Registered: 10-2007
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 22, 2023 - 2:00 pm: |
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What do you mean by 2 piece yellow wire, was it like 2 yellow wires that go to 2 different points on the board? Can you post a picture of the wire location?
Tech858/Jim
MM0TXO
Wavin' a hand from Scotland
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