Anytone at-6666 v3

[Tallman]

Yea, tune-ups on a new radio are highly overrated IMO. As an example, I bought a box load of NOS Cybernet 02A boards that Hy-gain was dumping. Shortly after I was given a radio that was so badly abused, broken slugs, damaged coils etc. that I decided to replace the entire board. I was totally taken back when I discovered all the coils and IF’s were spot on if not extremely close. Keep in mind these boards were never previously installed. It’s beyond thinking this was merely a coincidence, but it did prove to me that somehow the manufacture was able to tune everything before the board was ever installed. Was the board placed on some jig and tuned, or was the individual components tuned before they were soldered on the board? Possibly both, but either way the manufacture did a remarkable job.

The circuit board was placed in a fixture and then closed down on to a "Bed of Nails."
The nails are spring loaded pins and are connected to a computer and the alignment is done. Common practice in electronic manufacturing.

 

[Eldorado828]

But has it been "Fine Tuned?"

"pay attention" lol

 

[Eldorado828]

Place your bets now. I bet lockdown by 6 pm tomorrow. Don't forget we are on thin ice here.

Now back to the subject:
This radio is on my list to buy but I am concerned about the knobs being too small to be practical for my big fingers. Anyone have any problems with this?

I've got big hands fat fingers and it's sometimes a little bothersome with the rf power and squelch but not enough to cause too much frustration yet on the base. Now mobile and driving it could be trying to work ssb but I'm usually parked on a hill out by the lake so it's not an issue to me. The rf power a little more since it's above the mic connector though.

 

[Eldorado828]

Acccording to this video, conversion to CB is only a matter of pushing a few buttons. That right?

It's just that simple, almost too easy lol

 

[TheRealPorkchop]

The circuit board was placed in a fixture and then closed down on to a "Bed of Nails."
The nails are spring loaded pins and are connected to a computer and the alignment is done. Common practice in electronic manufacturing.

Nice bass track. If I were to win the lottery, damn I'd be broke in no time... back to life... back to reality....

 

[Handy Andy]

The circuit board was placed in a fixture and then closed down on to a "Bed of Nails."
The nails are spring loaded pins and are connected to a computer and the alignment is done. Common practice in electronic manufacturing.

That's just kick!

(Sorry, I'd like to inject more enthusiasm but this place has kids...)

I helps me to understand this even more...

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Test point pads, and even alignment markers pins for board insertion...


Just fun stuff...

 

[Tallman]

That's the way we did it at Motorola. All of the boards went through this process before going to the assembly line. If there was a problem then it was a workmanship problem caused on the assembly line. All of these radios were modular in design. The audio board, the receiver and transmit board and control panel were all pretested and aligned. Just put in a few screws and connect the cables and then off to final test and QC to packaging. Most of the heavy tech work was done before assembly and only needed a quick check to see if it met specification.
All sub-assembly parts were tested prior to the assembly line and each and every part was 100% visually inspected prior to release.

 

[Tallman]

Place your bets now. I bet lockdown by 6 pm tomorrow. Don't forget we are on thin ice here.

Now back to the subject:
This radio is on my list to buy but I am concerned about the knobs being too small to be practical for my big fingers. Anyone have any problems with this?

It is 6:12 P.M. here and the thread is not locked down!
I hate Menu driven radios with all of those different layers. I could take me weeks to learn how to set those things up.

 

[TheRealPorkchop]

Now why would it be locked? What did I miss?

 

[Shadetree Mechanic]

That's the way we did it at Motorola. All of the boards went through this process before going to the assembly line. If there was a problem then it was a workmanship problem caused on the assembly line. All of these radios were modular in design. The audio board, the receiver and transmit board and control panel were all pretested and aligned. Just put in a few screws and connect the cables and then off to final test and QC to packaging. Most of the heavy tech work was done before assembly and only needed a quick check to see if it met specification.
All sub-assembly parts were tested prior to the assembly line and each and every part was 100% visually inspected prior to release.

Motorola made some durable products back in the mid 90s. I worked for Bell Atlantic Mobile as a cell phone technician / installer and we would get people's old phones on trade in. We were supposed to send them to HQ to be refurbished. But sometimes we would grab one out of the bin to see how tough it really was. Motorola flip phones were tough as nails. You could take a flip phone and turn it on and throw it across the shop. It would hit the garage door and then the floor. Pick it up, put the battery back on and it would power up. Put it on the Marconi test machine and it would pass all the tests. They don't make them like they used to. Would today's Motorola quality be about the same as the Anytone?

 

[Martian]

Nobody is feeding the trolls.

 

[TheRealPorkchop]

Nobody is feeding the trolls.

Here, have a bag of this just in case some show up around here.

 

[Tallman]

Now why would it be locked? What did I miss?

Place your bets now. I bet lockdown by 6 pm tomorrow. Don't forget we are on thin ice here.

Now back to the subject:
This radio is on my list to buy but I am concerned about the knobs being too small to be practical for my big fingers. Anyone have any problems with this?

 

[Tallman]

Here, have a bag of this just in case some show up around here.

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Some body ate the trolls!

 

[Shadetree Mechanic]

But has it been "Fine Tuned?"

I guess everyone missed it.