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All done. Yes the days of using channel 9 for emergencies are long gone I believe. Thanks for the link and tips, easy to do when you know what to take out, link to etc...
I snipped the ends of the unused Grey wires off and used heat shrink to replace the yellow tape inside, looking better already.
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310den wrote: 25 Apr 2018, 12:02 I snipped the ends of the unused Grey wires off and used heat shrink to replace the yellow tape inside, looking better already.
Where does the other end of the grey wire go ?
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cb4ever104 wrote: 25 Apr 2018, 14:27
310den wrote: 25 Apr 2018, 12:02 I snipped the ends of the unused Grey wires off and used heat shrink to replace the yellow tape inside, looking better already.
Where does the other end of the grey wire go ?
I don't recall tracing it back. Since the photos of other insides show that wire disconnected I left it. Someone had connected them at some point we can assume since the ends were bare and soldered. If I open it up again I will trace it back but it's all back together now on test. The 'unknown' pot was exactly what JollyRoger said further back and all seems on frequency.
On a different note the only activity I have heard this way coming from Brighton was all on channel 19 (UK FM), no other channel was in use. :lolno:
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