YAESU FT 7800
Yeasu FT7800This poor little transceiver came in with a report that it was dead, along with a smell of burning. Initially it looks a nightmare to work on, but at least the main board can be removed, ...
Browsing Archive August, 2020
Simarc MR 2120C
Sinmarc MR-2120CAnother one of these treasures came in the other day. As I have mentioned, I have a soft spot for these Spanish made clones of Fender amps. The transformers both output and mains are ...
Fender Dual Showman
After a few days of dealing with crap jobs in order to keep things going and paying the bills, a beautiful woman walked through the door, seductively asking for attention. A wonderful Fender Dual ...
Valves relaxing
After a few cold months huddled together in their respective cardboard boxes, a few members of extended valve family decided to have a few hours relaxing in the sun. Looks like at least one should ...
ENGL guitar amplifiers
Another couple of these in the other day. I am not sure what the guitarists think of these amps from a sound point of view, I’d rather change a bogie motor on a British Rail 125 loco whilst it’s ...
Altair MF24
Well thankfully, that’s over and done with. This has taken more man hours than I would have liked. After sorting out the bias faults, all we had to do was to replace some P-Channel MOSFETs. The ...
Leak Troughline 3
Something nice to work on today. A 50 year old Leak Troughline FM tuner, still with it’s final inspection ticket 11/9/69. Fitted with a Mullard decoder. These tuners are a lovely piece of ...
Pilot record player, Collaro deck
A nice way to end a week. Customer came in with a late ‘50s Pilot record player. Wow I hear you all shouting. This player was sporting a Collaro RC 456 deck. Now Collaro decks were more expensive ...
Fender 185 Pro
Friday morning project. A very tired Fender Pro185. Okay, not a hot glowing glass bulb of loveliness in site. But we need the bills paying so when the Devil shits in your handbag, we need to become ...
Rivera 120 Watt amplifier
Nice big Rivera 120 Watt amp came in today. Very heavy at 5.5 tons. Blown mains and HT fuses and 4 output valves (EL34) looking decidedly unhappy. Out with the chassis, 4 softish sacrificial EL34s ...
