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About 22 years ago, I talked a ton of AM with a Icom 735 with a SM-6 mike. I don't know about percentage of modulation, but it always got nice comments. BTW - I'm looking for another SM-6 mike

Let me be the first to break the ice on this one. In the last 35 years, I've owned only one Yaesu. I bought a FT-840 new in 1996 and it works like it did when it first came out of the box. It never was more that an average performer, but it has been utterly reliable. My 23 year old Icom...

Thanks guys for your help. I found a kit and I'm on the way, I hope. Thanks again for your input.

Update: The Galaxy mentioned above (DX929) has been repaired. A loose connector from the wiring harness to the main board seems to have been the culprit. Thanks for your interest.

My 929 has a place on the board for a second final. Besides the final itself, what else is required to make this mod? I have Googled this to no end, searched Ebay, cbtricks, and even this forum to find absolutely zip. I have found modified radios for sale, but no kit or explanation of 'how...

Has anyone ever heard of or seen such? I have acquired one recently. The date code is 0806 and has blue l.e.d.s (factory). I thought that the starlite face was one the the big differences between the DX929 and the DX919? Just wondering. Thanks.

Thanks guys for your interest. I'm looking forward to try out this fix. Looking at the Cobra schematic, the rf gain control is placed in the signal chain past Diodes 1&2. How then, will this control protect D1 and D2? The block diagram on my Galaxy indicate similar placement. Don't get me...

I work at a rock quarry that uses CB on their mobile equipment and in the scale house to talk to truckers. In a year or so of employment, there have been 6 Cobra radios replaced. All suffered the same problem; low receive signal. No static even with the volume and rf gain maxed. All would...