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Radiodude
| | Posted on Monday, January 19, 2004 - 9:50 am: | 
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A friend asked me to post this for him.
He bought a Turbo from his nephew. When he got it home and hooked it up and keyed it up it bled through everthing in his house!! Now this guy has a 2517 and a big amp that doesnt bleed anything!! We are talking 800 or better, but at 50 the Turbo comes through it all tv, phone, even makes the wireless doorbell ring.
Whats up with this Turbo??
Thanks |
Bruce
| | Posted on Monday, January 19, 2004 - 12:13 pm: |
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Radio dude
WOW sounds like its haunted ....... the only thing i can think of is he has wideband noise ( junk ) comming out on transmitt and it is wide enough to effect the idems you discribe. |
Radiodude
| | Posted on Monday, January 19, 2004 - 11:37 pm: |
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Wow what a mess he turned it off and went back to his 2517 NO problem> Where should he look for the problem?? |
Tech8541
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 20, 2004 - 7:54 pm: |
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since his -big- equipment is not bothering anything then the problem -IS- the turbo. without test equipment, he will not be able to fix the problem. the best thing for him to do is what his nephew did...sale it. |
Bullet
| | Posted on Friday, February 06, 2004 - 4:47 pm: |
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pitty that is a great radio. id look to whom ever did the wrenching on it id say they got it out of wack. |
Kc0gxz
| | Posted on Friday, February 06, 2004 - 6:11 pm: |
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Radiodude
Sounds to me like someone did a very poor "tweak job" on that radio including removing some lmiters. That radio is easily capable of 200+ clean watts WITHOUT removing audio limiters.
Two ways to go. Either take it to a competent radio tech for a complete tune-up or take Tech8541's suggestion and get rid of it. He's right though. It needs to be put on some real test equipment to see what's really going on with it. So far it looks like some "Golden Screwdriver" has done a "number" on it.
Jeff, kc0gxz. |
Inspector
Intermediate Member
Username: Inspector
Post Number: 128
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, February 19, 2005 - 1:35 am: |
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I had a basket-case Saturn Turbo- blown power supply, blown main board, and blown amp! I made it work though...I Frankinstiened it...I gutted the power supply and the amp and changed-out the main board with one from a half-junked 2950. With an external power supply and external amp, it works just fine...(I couldn't let an otherwise good looking radio case go un-used...now it's like a 2980) |
