CB radio repair

Shout out to Q5 communications in Michigan. Great repair and price!

Ray,
The older radio has a bad mic element and some bad crystals. The newer unit works, but had 3 bad crystals - fortunately, not the same ones as were bad on older unit. I removed 3 crystals from old unit and soldered them into the newer one. Also, the channel display bulb was burned out, so I replaced it with a white LED. I tuned the transmit power up a bit - was 2.5 watts and now is 4 watts.

The little Italian Job amplifier does work. Good for AM only - not SSB. With Johnson driving it I see about 18 watts coming out.

Got an hour into this job - $50. The shipping will depend on if you want the scrap unit back, or if I toss it into file 13/circular file.