ramblin man helppppppppp

[tim_spur]

hey ramblin man on the galaxy dx-44 i put another new audiochip in the way you said it goes in i can transmit,modulate and needle on my meter shows i,m recieving people talking only problem is i still cant hear anything everything else seems to be working except for the audio i tryed the factory speaker,an exteral speaker but still no sound could i have shorted something else out when the chip was in backwards awaiting your wisdom

[ramblingman]

hey bud,you need to change the shunt capacitors in the audio chip area. its always a good idea to change these,when you have to change the audio chip.especially in your case as the adio chip was installed backwards.change c-150,c-151,c-146 and see if this will get you up an going...also check c-190,often this cap.goes bye bye when a radio is hooked up backwards.which is basically what happened,installing the audio chip backwards........and as far as the talkback,in your galaxy saturn.this is a real easy mod.clip d-80.if you want to make your talkback switchable.install a spst toggle switch in series with this diode,one wire to diode,and other wire to the wire next to board where you clipped it.also you will need to install a 470k resistor from the junction of c154/r207 to the junction of c187/r235 on the solder side of the pc board.to see the location to install it...go to www.dxzone.com/cgi-bin/dir/jump2.cgi?10=2482 ramblingman

[ramblingman]

hey,that web site aint gonna work.try http://home.earthlink.net/~galaxytech/l ... lkback.jpg

[tim_spur]

ok thanks for the info do you run a cb shop or something if you dont you sure ought too

[tim_spur]

ok on the caps do they go in a certain way i noticed a negative sign running down one side do they go in with the neg. side pointing a certain way or just go in anyway

[tim_spur]

are the circuit board parts on a mirage 88 the same as on the dx-44 if they are i,m missing c-190,c193,and r-243 the resistor behind c-193 and tr-52 if this is right do you know the part numbers of these missing pieces

[tim_spur]

my 44 doesnt have a c-190 and i,ve never taken it out is it supposed to have a c-190 my dx-66 has a c-190 and no c-193 my mirage 88 has a c-190 and c-193

[ramblingman]

hey it should be the same board.whats is the pcb number for the mirage 88.i pretty sure it should be a ept360014b.check it out and get back too me.

[tim_spur]

yes the 44...66,and mirage 88 are all the ept 360014b board but the 44 is missing the caps i told you about its like they were never there ..should i put the missing pieces in the 44 ...nobody has had it since it was new but me so it came like that with those missing pieces

[ramblingman]

hey,they didnt install them on the solder side of the p.c.b. did they.ive seen some radios with the small can capacitors,installed on the solder side of the pc.b.

[Rick]

The reason the components are missing is that your Galaxy 44 is AM/FM mode only. The missing components are only fitted to radios, which have SSB.

Rick.

[tim_spur]

ok thanks there rick i was worried there for a minute i bought all the caps ramblin man said to replace today i hope it fixes the 44,66 and 88 i,ve been without them for a couple of years now theres a place near me called randolph and hale where you can buy only certain caps,resistors that you need instead of having to buy a whole pack of different values...i,d give anything just to be half as smart as you and ramblin man you two guys are my hereos

[tim_spur]

by the way what exactly is fm mode i,ve never used it anyway is it any better than am if your buddy has fm too

[ramblingman]

hey,try changing the am detector diodes d-23 and d-24,if no help try lifting one leg of tr-39 and see if reciver audio returns.....ramblinman