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SFI 128
SN 73
A 6
K 1 Quiet
X-Ray B9.3
Wind 401.6 km/s
Aurora 2
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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. IC-7300 tx dropping out randomly, not sure where to even start

    Robert Moore,
    • 1 reply
    • 32 views
    Carlos Santos

  2. IC-7300 making weird crackling noise on TX, not sure where to start

    DX Lover,
    • 1 reply
    • 32 views
    Lisa Anderson

  3. IC-7300 audio gone muddy after storage, not sure where to start

    Nicole Davis,
    • 1 reply
    • 50 views
    Rag Chewer

  4. IC-7300 throwing a PA fault after about 20 mins on 40m — stumped

    Sarah Johnson,
    • 1 reply
    • 41 views
    David Park

  5. FT-857D putting out maybe 5 watts on 40m, fine everywhere else

    Michelle Taylor,
    • 1 reply
    • 39 views
    Angela Washington

  7. IC-7300 suddenly way off frequency on receive, transmit seems fine??

    HF Hunter,
    • 1 reply
    • 70 views
    HF Hunter

  8. IC-7300 finals blown? or something else going on

    Thomas White,
    • 1 reply
    • 64 views
    James Moore

  9. IC-7300 intermittent TX fault - only happens when warm

    Christopher Lee,
    • 1 reply
    • 92 views
    Christopher Lee

  10. IC-7300 putting out like 30w max on all bands — already checked the obvious stuff

    Amanda Wilson,
    • 1 reply
    • 78 views
    Daniel Taylor

  11. IC-7300 intermittent TX dropout — pulling my hair out

    Emily Taylor,
    • 1 reply
    • 68 views
    Thomas White

  13. IC-7300 suddenly way down on receive, TX seems fine?

    Robert Kim97,
    • 1 reply
    • 67 views
    Michael Williams

  14. IC-7300 putting out low power on 40m only, rest of the bands fine

    Jessica Davis,
    • 1 reply
    • 78 views
    Amanda Williams49

  15. IC-7300 putting out like 30w max on all bands, already checked the obvious stuff

    Carlos Mendoza,
    • 1 reply
    • 84 views
    Karen Lewis

  16. IC-7300 dead on receive after lightning nearby — where do i even start

    Michael Williams,
    • 1 reply
    • 83 views
    Michael Williams

  17. IC-7300 dropping power randomly, already swapped the PA board

    Ham Mountain,
    • 1 reply
    • 99 views
    Ham Mountain

  19. IC-7300 putting out like 20w max on all bands, already checked the ALC

    John Wilson,
    • 1 reply
    • 83 views
    James Moore

  20. FT-897 putting out way less power than it should, tried the obvious stuff

    Jennifer Wu,
    • 1 reply
    • 109 views
    Repeater Tech

  21. FT-757GX putting out like 10w max, something in the PA i think

    Paul Wilson,
    • 1 reply
    • 86 views
    Lisa Park

  22. IC-7300 putting out maybe 20w max, driver stage issue?

    Jennifer Wilson,
    • 1 reply
    • 63 views
    Linda Thompson

  23. IC-7300 showing weird RX noise floor, tried everything I can think of

    Catherine O'Brien,
    • 1 reply
    • 139 views
    Michael Moore99

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

    Ashley Brown21,
    • 1 reply
    • 66 views
    Carlos Silva

  26. FT-857D putting out maybe 10w on HF, rest of bands fine — RF board issue?

    Giovanni Rossi,
    • 1 reply
    • 81 views
    Kevin O'Brien

  27. FT-897 final amp getting hot way too fast, something's off

    Mark Thomas,
    • 1 reply
    • 105 views
    Jennifer Lee

  28. FT-817 transmitting but no power out — already replaced the finals once

    Susan Davis,
    • 1 reply
    • 142 views
    Jessica Wilson66

  29. IC-7300 dropping TX power after a few minutes — caps or something else?

    Emily Williams,
    • 1 reply
    • 141 views
    Nicole Larsen

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