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How not to repair a Kenwood TS-50
« on: December 02, 2014, 05:36:12 PM »
Bought a TS-50 off a guy. Someone really should consider getting out of radio repair.
Someone tried to replace caps using a soldering iron the size of a truck.
What a mess.
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Re: How not to repair a Kenwood TS-50
« Reply #1 on: December 02, 2014, 05:37:37 PM »
just terrible
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Re: How not to repair a Kenwood TS-50
« Reply #2 on: December 03, 2014, 05:17:22 AM »
TX-RX board laylout
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Re: How not to repair a Kenwood TS-50
« Reply #3 on: December 06, 2014, 03:41:50 PM »
This does not look good. A solder bridge has burnt a trace on the bottom.
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Re: How not to repair a Kenwood TS-50
« Reply #4 on: December 08, 2014, 05:29:34 PM »
Well there is something going on in the regulator at IC-7. The voltages are not correct. The regulator is running very hot.

LH side is ref per schematic. RH side is what I read
Pin   
                      Actual
1 - 0------------0
2 - 1.9---------1.37
3 - 1.2---------0.79
4 - 0-----------0
5 - 0-----------0
6 - 6.6---------7.78
7 - 12.1-------15.96
8 - 13.7-------16.7
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