You found the little bugger! Great work Peter. Those can really be tough to find. Great trouble shooting and explanation skills! Thanks for sharing.

@TRXLab

3 жыл бұрын

Yes sometimes a real nightmare as you know :-) Thanks for stepping by my friend and have a very happy new year!

Never boring to look at your repairs, always interesting.

Your back!!!!!!!!!!! It's good to see you again my friend

I ran a radio comms sales and repair business for 30 yeras..also repaired a lot of ham gear. I sympathize with you how frustrating these types of faults can be. I have had a lot of the same faults over the years and not just in ham rigs. great channel I enjoy watching your videos keep up the greta work. I do appreciate how much effort it takes to do that job. Very few hams will actually realize how much effort and how long it takes to find these types of faults

@TRXLab

3 жыл бұрын

fully agreed Mark!

I so had a smile when I saw the video of the repair posted. I hope not too much harsh language, lol. I know the feeling. My story if wish to read. Was a mechanic here, now with health issues, mostly my back, I do not get around to well any more. I have went back to electronics, my first love, something I started in high school. I got the ham bug a few years ago. Here I am now got a bench full of Rigol and Tektronix test equipment, I do some ham radio repair on the side when able to get up a bit. I got an older unit Kenwood TS-130S, intermittent transmit as well. I resoldered all the boards, I changed signal diodes, I cleaned relays and switches. I could get radio to work, thinking it fixed. I always work my repair radios good to verify the repairs. Thinking it fixed sure enough a day or two later it would do it again. I spit out some pretty bad language at it. Finally, under some hardware, there was a to-92 transistor, a 2sc2086 to be exact. If you get it at the right temp it would quit working. Pre amp transistor for the PA. Order one and no problems since. Took nearly a month to find it. What made me feel extra bad was this was the only HF radio the customer owned at the time so no radio play during repair. Please keep up the video's me and others are watching faithfully.

@TRXLab

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah John that is a pain not getting a job done. Great that you found back to old love ;-) Thanks for your very interesting report always nice to hear what others love. Take care of your health!

Cracked capacitors are very tough to find. They can be extremely tough to change out. You did an excellent job finding and fixing this radio. Thank you for sharing

Unsere Peter is wieder DA und erfolgreich wie fast immer ! Our Peter is back again and succesfull almost everytime ! Thank you, nice to see u did'it again.Great work and great video. :)

Wow ! Talk about micro surgery. Very impressive. We need more techs like you fine Sir. You are an inspiration to people not only in a technical aspect but to Radio and hobby enthusiasts as well ! Thank you for sharing 👍👍

@TRXLab

7 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Well spotted, Peter! These issues can drive you really really mad :) Thanks for the great video!

@TRXLab

3 жыл бұрын

Danke Tobias!

Happy to see you back Peter. Keep them videos coming.

@TRXLab

3 жыл бұрын

HNY

Thanks for showing the whole process. I like seeing every step. Excellent job Peter !.

Good to see you again (and of course the RIG's) take care , happy new year !

So good to have you back on KZread. Once again, another successful repair. Always a learning experience. Nicely Done!

I had been missing your channel. Nice to see you again.

Thank you ! That's clear example that troubleshooting is not only about knowledge and experience but also patience ! Great!

@bfx8185

3 жыл бұрын

And side topic I'm still missing German keller bier :D Fuck.g corona :(

Dear Peter; once again your repair was a lovely electronic class with theory, practice and live implement. What a great channel to subscrive and follow :) Thank you!

Good work! Thanks for sharing your excellent troubleshooting and repair process with us.

Hi Peter , You must be one of the best few Techs in Europe thats for sure! Not many go that deep down to component level . Congrats

@TRXLab

3 жыл бұрын

thanks for the kind words

A very nice and educational video as always Peter!. Really glad to see you back again. Have a happy new year with your family 😁

Nice to see you back! Superb vidéos, thanks 73's

Excellent detective work, repair and video. Thank you.

Welcome back!!! I don't know about the others that watch your channel but I am glad you are back!!!! I hope you will continue to make the videos as I learn a lot each time. I retired now and watch for your vids every day. Keep up the good teaching and descriptions. Kenny

That is the best type of fault, something you can see with your own eyes. I hate the type of fault where it sits there working and cuts out and nothing to be seen anywhere. You go to look for the fault and it runs! Oh, that can be so frustrating! Well done finding that. I hate SM components, they can be such a pain! Well done. I would have found that fault, how long it would take me I have no idea! I would have only found it with freezer/heating and/or poking around. Sometimes it is the only way to find a fault.

I really missed your in depth fault diagnoses and repairs, welcome back Peter.

Always a pleasure Peter. Thank you for sharing the repair! I paused the video and looked for the fault, and it wasn't until you showed us that I realized what I was looking at! Today I learned something new to look for. Thank you. 73

Great repair Peter, glad you are back, Happy New Year! 73

@TRXLab

3 жыл бұрын

Happy New Year

That is an very nice find👌 Thanks for sharing Peter. All the best for 2021

Thanks for the great video, I always considered these caps to be rather robust, but you have shown me to look at them too when searching for a fault.

Once again, great video Peter. I learn so much from you! Best teacher I ever had. Wishing you and your family a healthy and happy New Year. 73, Keith

@TRXLab

3 жыл бұрын

thanks for the kind words! Happy new year

I simply just "Love" this channel. THANKS!!

Glad to see You again. Happy New Year!

@TRXLab

3 жыл бұрын

Happy new year

Hi Peter, great stuff as usual. Good to see how you do it, many thanks. From Nr Liverpool UK.

Hi Peter first of all it is so good to see you back doing videos online ! Thank you for this great video and for you thorough explanation of your thought process on the troubleshooting and the repair! I very much enjoyed it ! Take care and a belated happy new year !

@TRXLab

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you and HNY

As always great trouble shooting and explanations , great close up's and spot on repair work , we really appreciate your video's and the time taken to detail everything..... Thank you so much and I hope you have an awesome new year and look forward to your next repair.

@TRXLab

3 жыл бұрын

thank you so much

Thanks for your channel Peter, I've learned so much from you. You're really quite inspirational!

Absolutely love your videos, Peter. Hope you had a great Christmas and New year break with your family, and great to see you back posting vids on here. 👍

@TRXLab

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you and hope you have a good new year...

Great video! Since the last video I knew you could find the tricky problem of intermittent work I was betting on a cold solder, but the idea of a rogue component was also on my mind ... congratulations.

Thanks for another great video! I really enjoy your work!

Hi Peter: Great fault finding and repair as usual, especially good with the explanations. Hope you have a really great new year my friend, looking forward to any new videos from you and that you decide to keep making them as and when you have time. All the best: Andy

@TRXLab

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks you Andy! Happy new year

Well done sir. Excellent work. I bet you were very pleased with the outcome.

I could tell from your voice at the beginning that you were much happier than last time! Congratulations, a great fix. Happy New Year Peter! 73 - Dino KLØS

@TRXLab

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Dino! Happy New Year.

Hi Peter Thanks for another great video. Happy New Year. Hope to see a lot more of you in the coming year. 73s

@TRXLab

3 жыл бұрын

HNY Bob

What a relief finding that little devil. Great Video. Another radio saved from the parts bin.

Great find Peter!

Great, the new year start very well, thanks to coming back... Grazie, Danke... 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Ich kenne das, wie schön es ist den Fehler gefunden zu haben. Adlerauge ;-) Es freut mich, dir wieder beim Reparieren zuschauen zu können. Ich wünsche dir einen guten Rutsch, viel Erfolg und Gesundheit für 2021 !! 73 de Bernd

@TRXLab

3 жыл бұрын

Vielen Dank Bernd! Auch für dich guten Rutscgh und ein Guten Neues Jahr

Excellent explanation!!! Happy new Year!

Excelent work. Very hard to find that problem. Congratulations. Happy New year from Chile.

Very nice Peter! Always learn from your videos. Happy New Year.

@TRXLab

3 жыл бұрын

Happy New Year

Hi Peter, congrets with the fix and yes, we like to see the soldering steps so no fast forward. You have a steady hand for this microscopic works. Greetingd from Holland.

Hi Peter, I enjoy your repairs. I feel like a student in a classroom. Your troubleshooting techniques with full step by step explanation of the process and then the repair is what puts you above the rest. Only you and Mr. Carlson have this talent. I am so happy your back. Happy New Year and stay healthy my friend. 73 Jim

@TRXLab

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words Jim and yes Paul is awesome..Happy New Year

Well done ! And the desoldering / soldering part is very interesting as well (people can skip if they want). Thanks for the videos.

Very nice job you'll have a happy customer. Have a very happy New year's 🥳

@WaterWhiteTuber

3 жыл бұрын

You would hope so... Customers can find it difficult to really appreciate the amount of time involved in a repair. They just think: Oh, so all it cost is the price of one capacitor? ...Sorry, no. There are many hours involved in finding that capacitor.

@TRXLab

3 жыл бұрын

it is true that only a very few know what is involved...

@WaterWhiteTuber

3 жыл бұрын

@@TRXLab :-)

Great to have you back Peter. Happy New Year de Mike G4VQH

@TRXLab

3 жыл бұрын

Happy New Year Mike

Happy new year and stay safe on the bench , guten rutsch

Nice job to clear the bench for the New Year, Peter! As much of a gift to you as to the owner! See you next time : )

@TRXLab

3 жыл бұрын

HNY

Hi Peter, It was amazing you found the problem and it was a cracked capacitor. Always a pleasure watching your videos. Stay safe. WJ3U

@TRXLab

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Don and stay safe!

Great repair Peter Have a very happy New year's 73 DO6JMS

@TRXLab

3 жыл бұрын

Danke ebenfalls a Gutes Neues!

Welcome back, Peter. 73 and all goods.

Thanks for another great video happy new year

Fantastic video. Enjoyed this very much. Good job finding the problem! 73

Well Done great trouble shooting from a electronic engineer and step by step fault finding happy newyear for 2021 and peter thanks for sharing always interesting intermitten faults can be a real pain.

@TRXLab

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks you John and Happy New Year

Great video as always !

Nice Job Peter ! Congrats and thanks so much for sharing. 73's PY2NDB

very good video. Hard problem to find. Keep the videos coming.

Many thanks for your video - concise and comprehensive. I also like your German test equipment ;)

AMPLITUDENKONTROLLER! Good to see you again!

@TRXLab

3 жыл бұрын

lol

Great video and repair! Thanks

glad you found the problem,,great as always

@TRXLab

3 жыл бұрын

thanks Dennis

Super dich und den Kanal aktiv sowie gesund wieder zu sehen!

Love this channel 😎

26:48 - 26:57 I wish to "use some alcohol" together with you, Herr Peter:))) I knew You will definitely find the problem in this radio, so, I was right: you finally found it! Excellent repair! What i thought... During this repair, a lot of times Herr Peter had some memories about his sight when he was 20 :))) Best regards from Ukraine (exUSSR)!

@TRXLab

3 жыл бұрын

LOL yes Ivan you are right! Best wishes for 2021

Peter, we missed seeing you. Welcome back!!! I own one of those pesky IC7000. Great radio, but it runs hot enough that you might think it has tubes. I would guess the components see lots of thermal stress over the years. Thanks again! de KB7ZUT

@TRXLab

3 жыл бұрын

yes for sure so never use with full TX power...

Thank you sir very well presented.

Another triller! Congratulation.

Nice repair Peter, I hope their will be more videos to come, smd is never easy but to do it on camera is extra hard

Das war mal ein Power-Opening...Great! ;-) Congratiulations for a well done repair of this nasty piece, Peter. Everybody noticed your fun and proud, and thats what your audience want to see;-) Ein gesundes und frohes Neujahr! 73 de Olaf DK6KF

@TRXLab

3 жыл бұрын

danke Olaf und auch für dich ein frohes und gesundes Neues Jahr

Nice repair Peter. I've seen those SMD caps and resistors crack, they are a pain to diagnose. Plus, the freeze spray isn't cheep, you have to use it sparingly. If I vacuum up my bench, I'm sure to find plenty of SMDs that disappeared when my tweezers hit them. Thanks for the video.

@allancopland1768

2 жыл бұрын

A squirt of freezer spray followed by prodding the suspect area with your fingers or a non-metallic tool such as a wooden cocktail stick or toothpick works rather well but does require patience. Some repairs are easy, some are tough, some are a nightmare but that's just how it goes.

Great repair nice to get it off the bench

Thanks Peter 👍🇬🇧❤️

Repairs like that needs a steady hand 😁 nice done

Great video and I just found that if I speed your video up 2.1x that it really helps with your speaking English at more natural sounding voice for the language . Thanks to add on I have for firefox works great. I made baluns last winter from your videos and they work great !

@TRXLab

3 жыл бұрын

yes adapting the speed is for you native speaker very helpful

Hallo Peter, ich bin wirklich erleichtert, dass alles in Ordnung ist und wir die schöne Arbeit genießen können!

I have done repairs like this, guess you can call them risky business. Well done!

OUTSTANDING!

really good stuff I had fun... thanks.

Peter success well done

Welcome back

Wieder ein super Video. Ich glaube der Icom IC-7000 war ein Schxxxx-Gerät. Laufend neue Ausfälle, wenn ich mich bei anderen so rumhöre.

@TRXLab

3 жыл бұрын

ja der 7000 war immer schon problembehaftet und das mit den weniger erfreulichen Verhalten von ICOM

Very nice job, Peter - tis was a difficult fault to find - but you did it! Take care, stay safe and Frohes neues Jahr. 73 LB5JG Asle

@TRXLab

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Asle! Happy new year!

That is beautiful work, and the results speak for themselves. Therefore, this is not intended as a criticism of any sort. I would recommend watching some of Erkin's videos at the HDD Data Recovery Services channel. This man is the most wizardly wizard I have seen when it comes to onboard microsurgery. With just a pair of hot tweezers I have watched him remove dead caps and replace them with new ones in a matter of seconds, using only flux and the solder that is already there. His repairs are not always quite that magical, but it might indicate that the level of care required may not be quite as extensive. His work is quite repetitive in nature and also quite extensive, so I guess practice makes perfect. If nothing else, it is great to watch.

@TRXLab

3 жыл бұрын

Well, I never would have the intention to criticize the work of a colleagues but I don't expect to reuse solder as a good idea as with soldering a lot of chemical processes are involved and thus fresh solder and clean solder pads are the basis for a professional and long lasting work.

Greet work 👌

Very nice. Thank you.

Great job !!! As you know cracked surface mount components and bad solider joints can be nightmares.

I'm loving it :)

I'd go with hot air and SMT tweezers every time for that sort of repair. Less likely to damage the tracks once you have practiced on old scrap PCB's to master the technique. Better still, such hot air systems are rather inexpensive now. I have one (Chinese) with the blower fan, element and temp sensor all in the handset. Cheap and superb. Skip all that corrosive 'no clean' flux and desolder 'dry' while using SMD solder paste only for rework. No mess to clean up. Good luck.

Nice work.

@TRXLab

3 жыл бұрын

thanks

@Mschasz3129

3 жыл бұрын

I have a 706mk2g that the receive drops out completely after 2 min talk time. Only has some transmit pwr on 160 thats it. Love to have it fixed if your ever interested. Love your videos. They almost have me convinced at replacing the filter board just to see what happens.

Good Job :)

Congrats! I know how it feels.

Top Video Peter dachte mein Problem mit denn 7000 er Icom wäre gelöst aber nein da ist weiter der Wurm drin mal geht’s mal geht’s nicht und schaltet komplett ab und fährt wieder hoch , im RX top geht alles aber beim TX muss ich komplett mit Leistung zurück fahren das er nicht mehr abschaltet irgendwie na ja ich geb’s bald auf !