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Bluedog
| | Posted on Sunday, September 09, 2001 - 10:35 pm: | 
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Hey 307:
I have a friend that has a Galaxy Saturn radio and his frequency counter or his channel indicator lights will not light up. Can you help us?
Thanks Alot and Keep Up The Good Work--------
Bluedog |
bullet/151 southern Indiana
| | Posted on Sunday, September 09, 2001 - 11:08 pm: |
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does it have voltage at the lights if so ya need new light bulbs |
Bluedog
| | Posted on Monday, September 10, 2001 - 7:50 pm: |
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No these are LED readouts on the freq. counter and channel display. No voltage to them. |
307 (307)
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 12, 2001 - 2:05 pm: |
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The 8 Volt regulator on the counter module usually has two diodes that are near it that go bad. The IC that they use to count ( Almost the same as the Cobra 2000 IC) takes a bit more than the rating on the diodes and tends to degrade over time. Replace the 8 volt regulator (LM7808) and both diodes (1N4001) in the counter module...It will light up again.. |
Bluedog
| | Posted on Friday, September 14, 2001 - 7:59 pm: |
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Thanks alot 307. I will try that and keep up the good work.
Bluedog aka outlaw 27- Bluegrtass State
monitor ch. 27.055 & 26.685
P.S. We are deeply saddened about the cowardly act that has happened to this country and hope that justice will prevail and to say are hearts go out to all the victims in New York. |
Insider
| | Posted on Friday, September 14, 2001 - 9:53 pm: |
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I'm having a similiar problem with an Galaxy 88, except that only the last digit on the counter fails to light. Would the above solution possibly help or is it more likely just the last digit is bad?
Thanks. . . |
307 (307)
| | Posted on Sunday, September 16, 2001 - 4:15 pm: |
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No , this would need a segment replacement.. |
