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I just found this topic and site after a lot of Google searching. My cousin gave me a Road Force SS497 which I am pretty sure falls within the multiple names and manufacturers. I have opened it up and it appears there has been mods completed and tested it which confirmed band expansion. I am using a antenna setup like this for now http://www.wolfington.net/articles/dipole/ The only thing that is concerning is that in the AM/FM mode the TX meter slams to the max and on LSB/USB it moves to about one on the meter. I plugged in my SWR meter to compare the readings on the unit and they are very close together. I do know that the cannon plug which the microphone screws into is loose so that really needs to be fixed but I suspect that the microphone may be jacked up also. Any suggestions on a microphone replacement or troubleshooting guide? Thanks

<blockquote data-quote="rotorhead22" data-source="post: 569995" data-attributes="member: 48592"><p>I just found this topic and site after a lot of Google searching. My cousin gave me a Road Force SS497 which I am pretty sure falls within the multiple names and manufacturers. I have opened it up and it appears there has been mods completed and tested it which confirmed band expansion. I am using a antenna setup like this for now <a href="http://www.wolfington.net/articles/dipole/" target="_blank">http://www.wolfington.net/articles/dipole/</a> The only thing that is concerning is that in the AM/FM mode the TX meter slams to the max and on LSB/USB it moves to about one on the meter. I plugged in my SWR meter to compare the readings on the unit and they are very close together. I do know that the cannon plug which the microphone screws into is loose so that really needs to be fixed but I suspect that the microphone may be jacked up also. Any suggestions on a microphone replacement or troubleshooting guide? Thanks</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="rotorhead22, post: 569995, member: 48592"] I just found this topic and site after a lot of Google searching. My cousin gave me a Road Force SS497 which I am pretty sure falls within the multiple names and manufacturers. I have opened it up and it appears there has been mods completed and tested it which confirmed band expansion. I am using a antenna setup like this for now [URL]http://www.wolfington.net/articles/dipole/[/URL] The only thing that is concerning is that in the AM/FM mode the TX meter slams to the max and on LSB/USB it moves to about one on the meter. I plugged in my SWR meter to compare the readings on the unit and they are very close together. I do know that the cannon plug which the microphone screws into is loose so that really needs to be fixed but I suspect that the microphone may be jacked up also. Any suggestions on a microphone replacement or troubleshooting guide? Thanks [/QUOTE]

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