Thank you Rick and Ron for recomending Hamrepair.com.I have something I may
send them..I did not know about them
Eddie (NU5K)
On Thursday, October 21, 2021, 01:35:42 PM CDT, Rick Hiller via BVARC
<[email protected]> wrote:
Jerry,
There is a fellow in San Antonio that has done a great job for me in the past.
On Icom radios but he does Yaesu too.
HamRepair.com in San Antonio, TX has a web site too.
You can get onto e-ham.net and go to the Product Review section. First item
listed is Amateur Radio Equipment Repair. Plenty of options on that
page...local or national. Send them an e-mail and describe what you have.
Most will give you their hourly rate and shipping details, etc. and look up.
As far as repairing our own equipment is concerned. I am electronics oriented
and love to fix crap. However you can only go so far into a current gen radio
before you run into problems. Once radios started using VLSIC's, Proms and
ASIC's...it got harder to get to the root of certain problems. Then they moved
to Gate Arrays, FPGA's, etc. Repair at some stages required a test bench jig.
The jig cost bucks but made it easier for the tech to fix things. Oh, then
the move from thru hole to SMD's just intensified the visual issue with smaller
and smaller parts. Sneeze and there goes your LC filter components HI HI. At
this point, I am not saying you can't fix it, and most problems deal with the
interface signals and immediate circuits that connect the outside world to the
inside micro, mirco electronics. So cold solder joints, bad relays, blown SWR
meter diodes or power x-istors, etc. are the majority. Once it gets to the
board level guts, most shops toss and replace.
Also, you better have a deep background in practical contemporary electronics.
Because, understanding the block diagram and theory of operation, then applying
that to the schematic, which can take up quite a few pages in the maintenance
manual these days, is an exercise in 'looking glass' use and having a copy of
the very latest edition of Horowitz and Hills's The Art of Electronics by your
side.
Best of luck, Jerry. Let me know if I can be of further confusion or
assistance. 73...Rick -- W5RH My contact info is in the BVARC roster. .
On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 1:00 PM Robert Polinski via BVARC <[email protected]>
wrote:
Make it clear, I am not putting down programmers or anyone. I agree, I am
trying to point out not all of us have the skill level to do repairs. That was
my answer to the person that said hams should repair their own equipment. I can
repair your computer, but god knows you do NOT want me to program it!! Robert
From: BVARC <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Ameenah007 via BVARC
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2021 12:45 PM
To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <[email protected]>
Cc: Ameenah007 <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Robert Polinski
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [BVARC] Radio Repair
Why would I do a repair if I can pay someone else to? Hopefully others will
utilize my expertise for their needs even if they can do the work for
themselves. I see this no different than yard work or oil changes.
73's
Ameenah
AG5VZ, WRMY872
On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 12:29 PM Robert Polinski via BVARC <[email protected]>
wrote:
In the old days, most hams had the skill & tools to make most repairs. Over the
last 20 or so years, technology has changed. To repair most modern equipment,
you need expensive desoldering tools, soldering equipment, air soldering units,
etc, just to remove the part for testing or replacement. Most of this equipment
is out of reach for most hams. I am in the electronics repair business and with
replacements so cheap, it is hard to recoup the cost I have invested in repair
equipment. Also the skill that is needed to use it, most hams would not do
enough repairs to gain that skill. Now you also have to have the test
equipment, signal generators, scopes, frequency counters, etc. Hard to justify
for a hobby investment. If you a new ham and invest in old, tube type
equipment, there are dangerous & deadly high voltages in older equipment. I
grew up working with this type of gear, but most current hams & many current
electronic repair people have not. This requires a much greater respect when
servicing this equipment. Long time hams, over their years have accumulated
much of this gear and skills to do repairs. Over the last 20-30 years, schools
have remove classroom training in this skills, electronics, metal shop. wood
shop, etc. favoring the arts, and computer programming. There are people that
will read this that can write a program for a Arduino or Raspberry PI but could
not assemble a power supply for one. Robert
From: BVARC <[email protected]> On Behalf Of David Hold via BVARC
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2021 9:02 AM
To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <[email protected]>
Cc: David Hold <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [BVARC] Radio Repair
I wish hams would learn to fix their own stuff like the ham radio of old… that
is why they include electronics on the test….. maybe they should remove those
questions and replace them with where do I mail my radio for repair
On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 8:58 AM Jerry LaVoie via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote:
Good morning all,
I need your help. Being new to the area I have no idea where to look. I have
an old Yaesu FT-757GXII. It needs to beto be realigned and the internal
battery needs replacement. Does anyone have any suggestions on where to have
this service done? I appreciate your responses and help.
Thank You
Jerry
WX7MRI
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