We did a little investigating,, a small board is "destroyed" on the under side of radio. [ lightning ?? ] The function of this board appears to be like a surge protector, 120 volts in,, then after going through circuit looks like, 120v out to panel fuse, then to transformer. We were wondering, since it seems hard to find one these boards, why not eliminate it and use an external surge protector ? Or go to an electronics/computer store, get a high quality surge protected outlet strip, and remove the surge circuit board, and mount it in the radio.
A buddy here has called at a 1/2 dozen places, some say they have board ,,,for any where from 14 to 17 dollars, and will call back when they find it, but they never call back,,, some say parts are obsolete for the 2980,,,,
RCI 2980 "dead"
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The radio is "dead", nothing turns on, lights, main board, transformer,, the under side circuit board is burned up like a piece of burnt toast, the metal plate above where board mounts is burned and blackened,, 120v does not "pass through" board and get to rear mounted fuse on radio. It looks like the board exploded and perhaps saved the rest of the radio. Again, we were thinking the board did it's job, it saved the radio from damage, looks like a super high voltage spike, fuses normally do not blow from high voltage, takes amperage to blow fuses, so we figured this board is there for "high spike" protection. I have a Galaxy Saturn base, it has this circuit board, and I m sure if you take the bottom cover off of any 10 meter Galaxy, RCI, Texas Ranger base radio, [ all look like they are twin sisters] they will have this board too. For testing, we even thought about bypassing the board all together, as it is a 120vac in and 120vac out board, only purpose has to be spike voltage control. All we need is this board, we can put it in . W never tried putting 12vdc on to it, no convenient place to do that other than "load" side of transformer.
Rockhauler called 6 places, most knew what it was on this first call, but never called back after they said would. Then when he called back the next day, almost "all" [talked to a different person] could not find any, or could not get any, said to contact Ranger,,,,,,,,, Ranger said to contact distributors,,,,,,,,,, ugh ?????????????
Just got this reply from "Ranger",,,, still losing ground,,,,,, radioshopsupplies said item was obsolete but to send radio down, and they could probably fix it,,,,,,, or build circuit board from scratch. Why sent a 20lb radio across the country when all we need is a circuit board the size of a pack of Dentyne gum?
Hello,
You may order parts for Ranger radios from our parts distributor
Radio Shop Supplies.
Phone 847-683-8600
Email sales@radioshopsupplies.com
Web site [Please login or register to view this link]
Regards,
Anna Sparks
Ranger Communications
sparksatc84@zoominternet.net
Rockhauler called 6 places, most knew what it was on this first call, but never called back after they said would. Then when he called back the next day, almost "all" [talked to a different person] could not find any, or could not get any, said to contact Ranger,,,,,,,,, Ranger said to contact distributors,,,,,,,,,, ugh ?????????????
Just got this reply from "Ranger",,,, still losing ground,,,,,, radioshopsupplies said item was obsolete but to send radio down, and they could probably fix it,,,,,,, or build circuit board from scratch. Why sent a 20lb radio across the country when all we need is a circuit board the size of a pack of Dentyne gum?
Hello,
You may order parts for Ranger radios from our parts distributor
Radio Shop Supplies.
Phone 847-683-8600
Email sales@radioshopsupplies.com
Web site [Please login or register to view this link]
Regards,
Anna Sparks
Ranger Communications
sparksatc84@zoominternet.net
