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What gauge wire do you use for these types of coils?

That is such a good reply!!! Actually, I do use an Aoyue de-solder station. Even with the station it does not seem to pull all of the solder out. I use the method you mentioned by heating one pad and tilting the cap, letting it cool and then the other side until I can fully remove it. Then I...

Thanks LC!! I agree with the unsoldering 1st rule. I generally like to remove the part before trying to separate the glue from it. On this particular coil it came out fine but when I separated the glue one of the leads came with it. I cant tell if the glue weakened it or if I just broke the...

I may have had the bucket of amps joke pulled on me when I was a teen. I had a great sense of humor so I thought it was funny as well. There are so many good ones out there like bubble water for the level and the cable stretcher is the famous one.

I may have laughed a little at the cable stretcher.......Well done!!

Hi Everyone, One the bench is an HR2510 that is getting a recap and nasty glue removal. Of course as things seem to happen the last coil L124 has a broken lead on it. Does anyone know of a source for replacements? Also, for those of you that have removed the glue on these and other radios...

I would think if the case was already drilled for the 4 screw type then yes, that would be a good choice. If not, the other type work but a little extra torque on the nut would not be a bad idea.

Hey Chuck, I am assuming that you are talking about the wire that goes from the circuit board to the back of the antenna jack. If that's the case then the quick answer is yes, it is an easy fix. You do not need to use coax for this though. A piece of solid wire would be fine. The size...

@ALANFede , Can you confirm if the meter issue is on USB and LSB or is it just USB?

Hi Alanfede, One possibility is the meter calibration/adjustment for receive. On the 2995 there are separate adjustments for AM (VR1) and SSB (VR2). It is possible that someone turned VR2. If it is a used radio it would be a good idea to have it aligned so you know that everything in it is...

Well, its been a busy week at the bench. I put this 1000 back on the bench. All I could figure is that the driver or final are bad. The challenge was, the driver and final are extinct. They went out with the dinosaurs. Fortunately I found a post in here that said the finals in many of those...

Well, its all fixed and back to the owner. The issue was the bad RF Gain control (pot). Thanks to everyone for your help with this one!!!! The owner was so thrilled he wants me to work on his Mark 4. Oh My.......

JT, there are many ways to connect your scope to the output of your radio to see its transmit envelope and Jay's suggestion would work. I use the RF Sampler you have in your question. I am assuming that you have a scope probe. You could connect a piece of coax to your switch and the scope...

I've seen the trick of paralleling a resistor as well. I was able to secure a replacement and it is in the mail. I'll update everyone once it arrives and it gets installed. This hobby has become an interesting process. I originally intended to set up a bench and restore stereo's and 2-way...

I think the bigger challenge is finding one that "fits" the radio correctly. The shaft size and length would need to be the same so it des not look incorrect. The owner wants it right if possible. I've researched the heck out of this and there are no solutions I could find other than a used...

Ok, well I learned some more today. I decided to take the potentiometer apart to see if it is fixable. This is what I found....

Kind of a bummer. I saw that as well. Thx Dmans!!!

Roger that. Any idea where those controls are available? I will remove it tonight to see what the part number is. Thx Nomad!!

Hi Nomad, So, I tested the voltage at pin 2 and it read 130vdc. Here is where it got interesting, I shorted out the the 2 terminals on the RF Gain pot. It instantly came up to S9. I had the RF Gain at 100% and the sig gen at -73db (S9). The meter was reading about S2-S3 then S9 on the short...

Agreed. Mr. Lou's books are still for sale and HE gets the money from those sales. Selling anything besides an original pre-owned copy is a HUGE copyright infringement. Mr. Lou is a good guy and deserves every dollar for the work he has poured into the radio hobby.