Shawn: It might be easier to strip the covering off and repaint the top and bottom covers in Black wrinkle finish paint. I discovered that auto parts stores carry a black wrinkle for engines that wor
Josh's idea of feeding 12V into the rear 12 Accessory socket works well but there is no overcurrent protection or meter reading. I did this years ago when running the C21 mobile. I turned the drive
Winston. Interested in the rx10 .advise if still available thank you. Perry. W8AUSent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone -- Original message --From: Winston <jones_winston@bellsouth.net> D
To Gary and group: My TT 9420 developed a problem of not energizing when the xcvr (Paragon) was turned on. Problem was the 15 Volt "keep alive" circuit had failed. The small transformer feeding this
I have a question about how to remove the existing speaker that failed (open speaker coil) The speaker periphery is cemented in somehow and seems impossible to remove. Any helpful ideas? Thanks / 73,
Many thanks to Carlos VK1EA and Mike WB8VGE for solutions. I now see the light at the end of the tunnel... :-) Tnx. Perry w8au I cut the main body (the four flat arms) with a dremel tool, leaving a
The day I cannot longer do it I think I'll use WD40 and carefully lube all moving parts, wiping the excess oil with toilet paper. Doing it in a hot day will ease things, of course. Something I have d
Near the coax connector is a vertical slide switch that shifts the receiver'to a separate antenna jack. slide it up and down a few times to clean the contacts. This is not a new situation with that
I picked up some of these last year. They were way off the mark on capacity. The ones I had measured above 700 pf. If your application is not dependent on an exact cap value then these may suffice.
Any bayonet base lamp rated at 12 - 14 volts. Type 52 would do. w8au At 03:51 PM 2/2/2018, you wrote: I have a Paragon and need to replace the display/meter lights. The ones in my radio do not have
You might keep your eye open for the "souped up" Navy version of this model (SP-325). Massive improvement. They can be seen from time to time in the Ebay listings. Perry w8au ________________________
Thanks, Josh, for bringing up this interesting discussion. After having C21s (still have two) for many years I have never checked into the "how" and "why" some things were done in the production of t
Josh: I'm not sure about this T/R switch question. Years ago I used to run my C-21 mobile by backfeeding the 12V Aux socket from the auto's 13.8 V battery. (through fusing, of course) Worked fine. Th