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New ham in a family here on the Fediverse, and thought they might be able to use this new to me radio... but required a little maintenance. Back on the air now, just chatted with someone in Japan. #hamradio

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The radio required some maintenance. Lubrication of potentiometers and switches, plus there was a bad soldrr joint on the rotary encoder on front. The radio apparently came off a sailboat that sailed all over the world. #hamradio

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Yes,this required digging out 3 power supplies. One is bad (needs new capacitors, no doubt), the other one is too small (fine for DIY coffee roasters lol). The other one was JUST RIGHT, so Goldilocks used the working power supply and fell asleep in the comfy baby bear sized chair until the bear family came back and decided she should get eaten. 🤪

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