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I am looking at a friend's '890 and discovered that that the top panel above the heatsink is very warm. A quick Google search found someone else with the same problem and most suggestions were to measure the current on receive. I did so and after watching it for a good while it had run up to...

If you're doing rework with descrete components, this tool is the bomb! 35+ years ago I started out with one of those short fat blue desoldering tools from Radio Shack ( it's so old I can't even find an image of it). It served me well for many years but its limitation was that it might not...

I recently purchased a MegaWatt S-700-12 50 amp switching power supply. As MegaWatt vs. Chinese Imitation 30 amp switching power supply comparison']I outlined in this thread[/URL], the fan is too loud for my shack. The supply is new in the box as I received it new from MegaWatt on February 3...

The Field Day thread was kind of veering off into recruitment for a bit so rather than reply there I'm starting this thread. Recruitment is kind of a touchy subject it seems. It seems as though we've had sort of a caveman approach to recruitment, i.e. got out and club 'em over the head, drag...

Over the years I've used various types and grades of rope for wire antenna supports. The lifetime of whatever I was using varied considerably from months for cheap poly rope found at discount stores (needed in a pinch) to years for cotton and plastic clothes line. As for the past 25 years or...

I have a Yaesu FT-5200 that up until a week ago was working perfectly except for the panel lamps. I tried to replace them and the radio is now dead. One bulb was replaced and the other two removed. Turning on the power results in all LCD segments displayed and then it powers off. Control head...

This time of the year always gets me nostalgic for the history of radio and amateur radio in particular. Perhaps it is the long winter nights and the kinship I feel with those amateurs of late 1912 banished to "200 meters and down" as I operate on 160m that gets me in this spirit. I must admit...

Years after the much ballyhooed 60m channel allocations, I finally have a radio that will do the legal limit there. I tweaked up the tuner to work there and so far have heard a few stations but all have been very weak. I've not called CQ (is that the protocol?) but the few times I've listened...

UPS managed to get my new K3 here on schedule. Due to various commitments on my time, I hope to have it operational within a couple of weeks. I planned to start on it this evening but when I got the anti-static mat out of the work truck, the wrist strap and associated connector to the mat and...