I am thinking about purchasing one of the Kenwood Tm733a dual band mobile
radios that are now available. I have followed the dirty PL tone issue in
the past, but the question I have relates to the detachable face plate.
Can I purchase a kit to remote mount the faceplate (head?) of the radio
away from the body of the TX? I have a small car and need a small radio
with a detachable head and a TX I can put under the seat.
Any help will be gratefully appreciated,
tnx & 73s de KE4ITL
Warren Whitby
wwhitby@aol.com
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Date: 8 Oct 1994 19:13:19 GMT
From: smitty@azol.com (Bruce Smith)
Subject: Mods for Icom IC-3200A
Hello,
I'm looking for any mods for the Icom IC-3200A mobile dual-band radio.
If you have any or know where I can find it please drop me a line..
Thanks and 73, Smitty smitty@azol.com
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Date: Sat, 8 Oct 94 17:03:00 -0500
From: mike.bush@capefear.com (Mike Bush)
Subject: Problem With Ft2200 Display
--> Mike Bush Quotes a message written by
--> to All on 10-07-94 8:14 saying:
e> Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
e>
e> I'm having an intermittent problem with the display on my Ya
e> radio. Occasionally, when I turn on the radio, all the LCD seg
e> lit, or some miscellaneous ones are lit - the display looks "sc
e> The radio continues to function normally - I can transmit and r
e> the frequency that is set. I sometimes can return the display
e>
e> pressing the F/W key, and sometimes by turning the radio on and
e>
e> Has anyone else seen this problem?
e>
e> 73
e>
e> -Steve-
e> N9XDC
e>
e>
Steve,
My name is Mike Bush and I am a radio technician at Communication
Headquarters, Inc. in Wilmington, N.C.. I work on those radios
daily. I have talked to the members of the yaesu service dept. and have found that there is not a correction yet available.
I have a correction that has not yet failed on over 20 rigs that I have applied it to. I have placed a small single strand of 26 or 28(maybe even 30) gauge wire behind the contacts in the connector on the display head. This provides pressure on the contacts ensuring good connections of the LCD driver(Including Grounds).
Let me know how it works out, or give me a call for further explaination of my procedures. My work number is 1-910-791-8885.
We have a 1-800-688-0073, but that is our order line and it doesn't go in the back where the techs work.
73's mike N3DJT
--- RoboBOARD/FX 1.04
* Cape Fear BBS -exTENsive HAM Support-
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Date: 7 Oct 94 20:11:11 -0500
From: jlbowman@indyvax.iupui.edu
Subject: RF Spectrum Analyzer Adventure
I am on a quest to locate a RF spectrum analyzer with an ideal coverage
35-1200+. Does anyone have experience with this type of equipment and
suggestions? So far I have only collected limited info on the Standard CCR708A
and Icom R9000. This spans the price range I have in mind.
Thanks in advance,
Jeffrey............AA9GP
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Date: Sun, 9 Oct 1994 14:31:39 GMT
From: milcom@netcom.com (wayne roberts)
Subject: TEST EQUIPMENT- INDUCTANCE MEASURING
Ranson J. Pelt (pelt@vt.edu) wrote:
: Can anyone give me some advice on a good piece of equipment for measuring
: inductances. I have an LCR meter (LCR 195) which I purchased from Alpha
: Elec. several years ago. This meter works great for measuring capacitance
: but just doesn't get it for measuring small inductances (uh range).
Grab an ARRL handbook & read the section on inductance. It gives
formulas for calculating inductance from length, diameter & number of turns.
It also gives methods of checking inductors with a grid dip meter.
Of course if you have a hundered K to spare you can get an HP8753C vector
network analyzer. In smith chart format when sweeping in the 100khz to
1mhz range, it will read inductances as low as you can make them. Its
also great for checking permability of core's 'n stuff, plus hundereds of