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Hmmm...probably a good job mine was all good then as I wouldn't have a clue about AM fixes etc.
I've just won a very tidy Barracuda UKFM radio (black Cybernet-boarded one), with original mic', power lead, brackwt and thumbscrews, a swr meter, small power supply and a really tidy Amstrad red and white aerial base...all for £12 plus postage. Just need to find a 4ft whip and compatible mag-mount for it at some point. I'll resell the rest as I only wanted the aerial base
Just won 2 pretty rare, mint and boxed Kaiser 40ch FM handhelds on fleabay for just £21 and £3 postage.
They'd have got a lot more for them if they hadn't had the auction ending mid-afternoon while most people were at work and unable (or forgot) to bid
Northstar NS-9500 I picked up a few days ago, looks a lot like a Galaxy Saturn on the outside but is completely different on the inside. Seems to use a Ranger chassis of some type. Works a treat though.
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Thank Claude,
If I ever have it apart again I'll send you some pics. Unfortunately when you lift the lid off, you're presented with only 2 grey metal boxes with lots of wires. One box is a standard ATX computer power supply, the other box is the rig itself. The problem is that to open the box containing the rig, you have to partially dismantle the frame of the homebase, as well as disconnect around a dozen fragile plugs from the board. I did this yesterday and it took me the best part of an hour to remove the bottom case from the rig, then I had to partially rebuild it and plug all the wires back in, just so that I could adjust the VR for the S Meter. Then of course remove it all again so that I could refit the (inner) bottom case...
It seems to perform well enough but it's a really badly thought out radio!
sickboy wrote: ↑27 Nov 2018, 19:33
Northstar NS-9500 I picked up a few days ago, looks a lot like a Galaxy Saturn on the outside but is completely different on the inside. Seems to use a Ranger chassis of some type. Works a treat though.
The Galaxy Saturn also uses a Ranger EPT3600XXX pcb .
Sammy
30TM060 Paul aka "Sammy". (108) PY60 Old Paisley DX Group (RIP Rab Markie)
Ex GM0 , now EA5 .
Handle "Fortune Hunter" back in "the day"
Radios ....? Anything that says "TAIWAN R.O.C" on the back.
sickboy wrote: ↑27 Nov 2018, 22:35
Thank Claude,
If I ever have it apart again I'll send you some pics. Unfortunately when you lift the lid off, you're presented with only 2 grey metal boxes with lots of wires. One box is a standard ATX computer power supply, the other box is the rig itself. The problem is that to open the box containing the rig, you have to partially dismantle the frame of the homebase, as well as disconnect around a dozen fragile plugs from the board. I did this yesterday and it took me the best part of an hour to remove the bottom case from the rig, then I had to partially rebuild it and plug all the wires back in, just so that I could adjust the VR for the S Meter. Then of course remove it all again so that I could refit the (inner) bottom case...
It seems to perform well enough but it's a really badly thought out radio!
That's the later "crappy" model . Malaysia , or China . Uses the PC ATX PSU , and the DIMMER does the bands . I had one briefly , but got shot of it .
If I were you I'd do the same . Stick with the older TAIWAN models m8 .
30TM060 Paul aka "Sammy". (108) PY60 Old Paisley DX Group (RIP Rab Markie)
Ex GM0 , now EA5 .
Handle "Fortune Hunter" back in "the day"
Radios ....? Anything that says "TAIWAN R.O.C" on the back.
If I were you I'd do the same . Stick with the older TAIWAN models m8 .
Yes the export mod on them makes the dimmer switch turn the channel selector into a band selector, very strange set up. Were these sold as 40 channel 10 meter rigs as standard?
Reading the thread in your link, mine is doing just 4 and 10 watts as well. I found the power output VR for FM but at the max setting it would only manage 6 watts. They might have limited the power output because of the low current PSU? Worth noting also that it's only running on 12v rather than 13.8.
I'll keep hold of it for now as it works fairly well. I've not made an SSB contact on it yet but the locals on FM say it sounds really good.
Yeah . The DIMMER thing is your standard way of getting the radio passed through the legal authorities here in Spain . If yours is the same as the Jopix 3000 then there should be a jumper down the front to switch it between 40 FCC and 6 band export . If yours is on 10m then it might have had the crystal swapped , or maybe another diode mod ? Or maybe it came like that . I don't know .
It might work well , but it's just too restrictive for me . Plus I don't like SMD stuff , or the PSU either . If you ever find out how to get the full unrestricted output power from the radio then let us know . I gave up in the end .
30TM060 Paul aka "Sammy". (108) PY60 Old Paisley DX Group (RIP Rab Markie)
Ex GM0 , now EA5 .
Handle "Fortune Hunter" back in "the day"
Radios ....? Anything that says "TAIWAN R.O.C" on the back.
