It never ceases to amaze me, lol...
A couple years ago I went completely through a practically brand new Galaxy DX 2547 for an old friend. That radio was flipping amazing on all aspects. Drive his amps better than ever before. He always had excellent compliments on how loud but clean it was. And the receive was no joke neither, lol. That radio would talk farther than any other radio he had and without even trying.
Well, another close friend of his and mine wanted it badly, so he gave him 450 bucks for it. He knew I went in it when he bought it, so he never took the covers off (I trust this guy). Not long after, a friend of his (whom I did not know) borrowed it from him.
Did you notice all the "was" statements when I was pondering on how well it USED TO BE above?
That's right, it's now been gone through by someone on his side (the borrowers side without the owners permission).
Issues:
Receive sounds way off frequency.
No output.
All four coils in rear are spread wide open.
Several traces have been overheated and lifted off the board.
Why, why, why do we techs go through the trouble?
Now I have to go completely through it again. I know I can't control what happens to radios once they leave my hands, but when you put so much time and effort into something that turns out to be amazing, only to learn later that someone destroyed it, it kinda snaps you off. Makes you wanna just give up, like what's the point in it all. Why go into a perfectly aligned, perfectly tuned, perfectly fine radio, I just don't get it.
A couple years ago I went completely through a practically brand new Galaxy DX 2547 for an old friend. That radio was flipping amazing on all aspects. Drive his amps better than ever before. He always had excellent compliments on how loud but clean it was. And the receive was no joke neither, lol. That radio would talk farther than any other radio he had and without even trying.
Well, another close friend of his and mine wanted it badly, so he gave him 450 bucks for it. He knew I went in it when he bought it, so he never took the covers off (I trust this guy). Not long after, a friend of his (whom I did not know) borrowed it from him.
Did you notice all the "was" statements when I was pondering on how well it USED TO BE above?
That's right, it's now been gone through by someone on his side (the borrowers side without the owners permission).
Issues:
Receive sounds way off frequency.
No output.
All four coils in rear are spread wide open.
Several traces have been overheated and lifted off the board.
Why, why, why do we techs go through the trouble?
Now I have to go completely through it again. I know I can't control what happens to radios once they leave my hands, but when you put so much time and effort into something that turns out to be amazing, only to learn later that someone destroyed it, it kinda snaps you off. Makes you wanna just give up, like what's the point in it all. Why go into a perfectly aligned, perfectly tuned, perfectly fine radio, I just don't get it.