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☀ Solar
SFI 125
SN 85
A 7
K 1 Quiet
X-Ray C1.7
Wind 403.4 km/s
Aurora 1
Updated 03:00 UTC HamQSL · N0NBH
Day 80/40m Fair 30/20m Good 17/15m Good 12/10m Fair
Night 80/40m Good 30/20m Good 17/15m Good 12/10m Poor

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Repair & Troubleshooting

Get help diagnosing radio faults, power issues, interference, damaged hardware, and equipment repair.

  1. FT-857D suddenly way down on TX power, receiving fine though

    David Kowalski,
    • 1 reply
    • 75 views
    Sarah Mitchell

  2. IC-7300 suddenly way off frequency on receive, TX seems fine??

    Sarah Williams,
    • 1 reply
    • 56 views
    Carlos Mendez

  3. TS-590S Reduced HF Output - 6m Full Power

    Nicole Larsen,
    • 0 replies
    • 138 views
    Nicole Larsen

  4. IC-7300 intermittent TX dropout — losing power mid-transmission

    Rachel Williams,
    • 1 reply
    • 96 views
    Rachel Williams

  5. FT-857D putting out low power on 40m only, everything else fine

    Helen Anderson,
    • 1 reply
    • 113 views
    Michelle Baker

  7. IC-7300 finals blown? or something else — weird TX behavior

    Ashley Wilson,
    • 1 reply
    • 76 views
    Patricia Kim

  8. IC-7300 dropping into TX randomly then no power out — caps? finals?

    David Parker,
    • 1 reply
    • 27 views
    Jessica Davis21

  9. IC-7300 blowing final transistors — second time in 6 months, something else going on?

    Rajesh Patel,
    • 1 reply
    • 39 views
    Christopher Davis

  10. Kenwood TS-590 reduced power output - diagnostic approach needed

    Robert Kim,
    • 2 replies
    • 231 views
    Angela Washington

  11. IC-7300 dropping power after about 20 minutes — thermal issue or something else?

    Kevin Park,
    • 1 reply
    • 41 views
    Kevin Park

  13. FT-857D putting out maybe 20W on 40m, everything else seems fine

    Steven Taylor,
    • 1 reply
    • 25 views
    Emily Brown

  14. FT-857D transmitting but no power output, already checked the obvious stuff

    David Kim,
    • 1 reply
    • 23 views
    Bob Martinez

  15. IC-7300 dead on transmit, receives fine — what am I missing

    Ashley Brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 26 views
    Ashley Brown

  16. icom 706 mkiig dead on 20m only

    Jennifer Park,
    • 1 reply
    • 111 views
    John Wilson

  17. Systematic Troubleshooting: Power Supply vs RF Stage Failures

    James Williams,
    • 2 replies
    • 136 views
    Jessica Taylor

  19. IC-7300 putting out way less power than it should — something's off

    Emily White,
    • 1 reply
    • 19 views
    Microwave Guy

  20. Component-level repair vs board replacement - cost analysis for modern transceivers

    Sarah Wilson93,
    • 2 replies
    • 109 views
    Jessica Davis21

  21. IC-7300 putting out maybe 30w on all bands, driver stage issue?

    Dave Williams,
    • 1 reply
    • 25 views
    Dave Williams

  22. IC-7300 no TX power after lightning nearby — not a direct hit but something fried

    Christine Lee,
    • 1 reply
    • 86 views
    Mark Thomas

  23. IC-7300 putting out low power on 40m only, everything else fine

    Gregory Smith,
    • 1 reply
    • 69 views
    Emily Williams

  25. IC-7300 putting out low power on 40m only, everything else fine

    Ashley Anderson,
    • 1 reply
    • 23 views
    Michael Moore99

  26. IC-7300 intermittent TX dropout — stumped on this one

    James Wilson94,
    • 1 reply
    • 48 views
    Rajesh Patel

  27. FT-857D receiving fine but no TX output — driving me crazy

    James Taylor,
    • 1 reply
    • 86 views
    Jessica Williams53

  28. IC-7300 randomly dropping power mid-TX — not the obvious stuff

    Karen Thompson,
    • 1 reply
    • 88 views
    Michael Stevens

  29. IC-7300 suddenly dropping audio on receive — not the obvious stuff

    Stephanie Clark,
    • 1 reply
    • 26 views
    John Johnson

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