Have you ever been invited to work on your radio? Have you ever had a radio that makes troubleshooting simple and repairs a breeze? It blows my mind how much I have learned just by diving into this radio. Slowly I am understanding the process of radio more and more as I play with this thing. This radio showed up damaged from the long trip in a small boat. One of the repairs needed was a replacement of the encoder board. How many of you own a radio you could replace the encoder board on in less than half an hour? I am just a geek with a microphone. The group at HFsignals.com have made learning ham radio fun for the layman operator. I fix this thing with 2 screwdrivers and some time. N7ECV Living the ham radio dream
