Your Favorite Radio Tech

[StrangeBrew]

I've had good luck with Rolling Radios, he keeps it simple and doesn't try to BS you into buying a bunch of stuff you don't need. He doesn't get fancy but he'll set you up with a good working radio.



Of course for the utmost premium in performance you have to see this guy.

http://www.angelfire.com/wv2/whiskeyvictorydx/watt/wildwilly.html

 

[The War Wagon]

Wild Willy TURBO Cobra!

 

[Blackcat630]

Strange brew that link is hilarious

 

[Hankwesty]

Hands down! Mike of

mikesradiorepair@gmail.com

He used to do repairs using an ebay sellers store. He stopped dealing on eBay because he simply couldn't handle all the requested repairs.

You can still look him up on eBay an.see his 14.000 repairs modifications and sales with 100% feedback. There's a reason for his feedback with 14.000 satisfied customer's

Imo he's the best over all tec. Vhf, hf's, uhf, tube transmitters , transceivers, amplifiers vintage sw recivers and part bins that would've made rci, Panasonic, heath kit, ef Johnson collins Ameritron and any company past and present envious.

His turn around time no matter a single repair or total rebuilds normally 24 -48 hours. His knowledge is incredible and I suspect he may be a savant.

He's in p.a. and if you or anyone would like to ask him any question in order to try and trip him up. Good luck he welcomes that. Once you use him for your first repair or restoration. He'll be your go to tec from then on.

His prices are fair and as I mentioned earlier his turn around time is unbeatable. His work hours are from the first cup of coffee untill 3am not because he has to but because he actually loves what he does. Just contact him at the adress I left above and tell him what you want done and what it needs to be done to and just listen without interrupting and you'll quickly understand what he's about.

His knowledge is through the stratosphere. I don't get any discounts for recommending him as you won't either. The satisfaction of turning on a fellow operator to a top notch tec is my satisfaction. I myself asked sevral times as an new member of this site (about a year ago).if there was a tec who could work on my tube rigs and most answered with "most tec's just won't touch tube equipment." Well he has no limits. Tube transistorized new or old. He's the man. Drop him sn email and get ready to converse with a true tec. Mike's not a golden screwdriver. Good luck no matter who you go with. Oh and he has no problem giving you technical advice even if your not a customer. Here's a few pictuesof his bench and a few of the audio eqitment he uses on his own starion.

I sentthis guy an email

Hands down! Mike of

mikesradiorepair@gmail.com

He used to do repairs using an ebay sellers store. He stopped dealing on eBay because he simply couldn't handle all the requested repairs.

You can still look him up on eBay an.see his 14.000 repairs modifications and sales with 100% feedback. There's a reason for his feedback with 14.000 satisfied customer's

Imo he's the best over all tec. Vhf, hf's, uhf, tube transmitters , transceivers, amplifiers vintage sw recivers and part bins that would've made rci, Panasonic, heath kit, ef Johnson collins Ameritron and any company past and present envious.

His turn around time no matter a single repair or total rebuilds normally 24 -48 hours. His knowledge is incredible and I suspect he may be a savant.

He's in p.a. and if you or anyone would like to ask him any question in order to try and trip him up. Good luck he welcomes that. Once you use him for your first repair or restoration. He'll be your go to tec from then on.

His prices are fair and as I mentioned earlier his turn around time is unbeatable. His work hours are from the first cup of coffee untill 3am not because he has to but because he actually loves what he does. Just contact him at the adress I left above and tell him what you want done and what it needs to be done to and just listen without interrupting and you'll quickly understand what he's about.

His knowledge is through the stratosphere. I don't get any discounts for recommending him as you won't either. The satisfaction of turning on a fellow operator to a top notch tec is my satisfaction. I myself asked sevral times as an new member of this site (about a year ago).if there was a tec who could work on my tube rigs and most answered with "most tec's just won't touch tube equipment." Well he has no limits. Tube transistorized new or old. He's the man. Drop him sn email and get ready to converse with a true tec. Mike's not a golden screwdriver. Good luck no matter who you go with. Oh and he has no problem giving you technical advice even if your not a customer. Here's a few pictuesof his bench and a few of the audio eqitment he uses on his own starion.

Thank you I will try him, my TRC 485 is ill.

 

[stickman]

I sentthis guy an email

Thank you I will try him, my TRC 485 is ill.

I have to agree Dave DTB in Carlisle. Pa is a good tech. Very honest. His number is 717-258-8397

 

[Unit 194]

DTB Radio does excellent work.
Barkett Electronics for old 23 channel and tube radios.

 

[Tallman]

I am my own favorite tech. That way, if I screw something up, I can't blame anyone but myself. Plus, I don't have to pay to ship it back.- 399

Same here I am the best I have ever used. I never get overcharged for parts and the alignment is as close to perfect as humanly possible. It also get checked for the harmonic emissions and it it tuned not clipped or cut. The modulation limiting is adjusted not disabled and the SSB carrier suppression and ALC is spot on.
Unfortunately I am too expensive for anybody else.(I retired from radio service)
No brag, just fact.

 

[AA1QD]

Does the Mike's radio repair guy have a brick and mortar shop?

 

[undertaker]

Rolling radios...

 

[Sonar]

I trust Mike at Kilgore's Electronics in Forest Hill (near Mansfield, TX). Does great work for reasonable prices.

73,
Brett

Does he except mail ins? Thanks

 

[Sonar]

Dave at DTB is my guy to buy new from Right on the money everytime for me. Never had to send him any back for repairs. I would not hesitate to send him any radio.

Can you PM me a link? Thanks

 

[Sonar]

Hands down! Mike of

mikesradiorepair@gmail.com

He used to do repairs using an ebay sellers store. He stopped dealing on eBay because he simply couldn't handle all the requested repairs.

You can still look him up on eBay an.see his 14.000 repairs modifications and sales with 100% feedback. There's a reason for his feedback with 14.000 satisfied customer's

Imo he's the best over all tec. Vhf, hf's, uhf, tube transmitters , transceivers, amplifiers vintage sw recivers and part bins that would've made rci, Panasonic, heath kit, ef Johnson collins Ameritron and any company past and present envious.

His turn around time no matter a single repair or total rebuilds normally 24 -48 hours. His knowledge is incredible and I suspect he may be a savant.

He's in p.a. and if you or anyone would like to ask him any question in order to try and trip him up. Good luck he welcomes that. Once you use him for your first repair or restoration. He'll be your go to tec from then on.

His prices are fair and as I mentioned earlier his turn around time is unbeatable. His work hours are from the first cup of coffee untill 3am not because he has to but because he actually loves what he does. Just contact him at the adress I left above and tell him what you want done and what it needs to be done to and just listen without interrupting and you'll quickly understand what he's about.

His knowledge is through the stratosphere. I don't get any discounts for recommending him as you won't either. The satisfaction of turning on a fellow operator to a top notch tec is my satisfaction. I myself asked sevral times as an new member of this site (about a year ago).if there was a tec who could work on my tube rigs and most answered with "most tec's just won't touch tube equipment." Well he has no limits. Tube transistorized new or old. He's the man. Drop him sn email and get ready to converse with a true tec. Mike's not a golden screwdriver. Good luck no matter who you go with. Oh and he has no problem giving you technical advice even if your not a customer. Here's a few pictuesof his bench and a few of the audio eqitment he uses on his own starion.

This is my post under my original member name. I couldn'tlog in and just changed to sonar. Mike is excellent but he's become so busy and for whatever reason dropped me like a hot potato. He told me to contact him in a few months. That was almost three months ago and although I haven't given up I am looking for a new tec. Im hoping Mike eventually answers one of my weekly emails but I'm not holding my breath. I regret the day I put him out there. I'm glad to see other's are getting their equipment repaired by him but i am upset he left me hanging. I'm sure I'll eventually find someone as good as he is and this thread is promising. Thanks

 

[Big Kahuna]

I am my own favorite tech. That way, if I screw something up, I can't blame anyone but myself. Plus, I don't have to pay to ship it back.

- 399

+1 vote for DIY. Some "techs" don't even have test equipment....they just tune until it sounds good through their talkback speakers

Let me be very serious for a minute though - I've had radios from Bells, GI Joes, Doc, Rogerbird, and more so I can tell you my experience.

If your radio has a problem - sure, send it to tech to fix it. If your radio is brand new out of the box (or was previously tuned or aligned if you bought used) then don't send it to anyone unless it isn't performing the way you would like.

An alignment is a pretty simple process and you're paying to ship a radio there and back (which has gotten pretty pricey lately as I can tell from shipping stuff for ebay) - then you're paying a tech for their time which can cost you $50 or more + tax. Again - unless your radio is out of alignment there is no need to assume you need to send it to anyone. In many cases most CB operators wouldn't even know if their radio was slightly out of alignment unless they have a locked clarifier and they aren't transmitting on frequency.

You can pretty much align most radio with a multimeter and a basic frequency counter and the instructions are simple - place probe on test point A and then do this and measure for voltage or measure for frequency etc. etc.

As far as a peak and tune - you have no idea what you are going to get when you send your radio to a tech. If you say I want it to be at 100% modulation than hopefully they can do that - but power settings and everything beyond that is a total crapshoot. Each one of those techs will set it up differently unless you tell them the exact output numbers or deadkey you want. And if you already know all that you can probably set it up yourself.

The risk of the "whackpack" is possible with many techs - and the other risk is paying $90 for a peak and tune and the tech just adjusts your power output slightly and turns the mod pot. There isn't a standard for any of it.

As far as taking advice - every single operator has a difference preference which you can tell from reading the threads - some like their radio to be loud and proud, others want it to be just right a 100% mod so you have to be careful who you listen to.

When I was first getting into radios - I sent one of mine to a guy who was known as "the specialist" for that type of radio. This guy had more people saying how good their radios sounded from him and how great he was, etc. etc.

When I got my radio back from him the deadkey was set too high - not just a watt too high but wayyy to high as in I would never run that radio with that high of a deadkey and even a newbie like me knew enough that it shouldn't be that high. I didn't have much experience back then so I can't speak to the "alignment" but I can bet it wasn't much better than the tune.

I can say that I've sent a warranty radios to Ranger/RCI and they fixed the problem, and I've sent a Magnum warranty radio to the radio shop in Ontario California with a complicated issue and they fixed that but beyond a factory warranty repair i would just save your money and figure out how to DIY, the people on the forum can walk you through it and then you can do it for every radio you own.

teach a man to fish...

 

[2RT307]

Does he except mail ins? Thanks

I really don't know. Google him and ask?

73,
Brett

 

[rabbiporkchop]

Can you PM me a link? Thanks

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http://www.dtbradio.com/

If you listen carefully you can hear one of David Bupp's radios struggling to reach me from 8 Miles Away with a clear line of sight...