Why would I do a repair if I can pay someone else to? Hopefully others will utilize my expertise for their needs even if they can do the work for themselves. I see this no different than yard work or oil changes.
73's Ameenah AG5VZ, WRMY872 On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 12:29 PM Robert Polinski via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: > In the old days, most hams had the skill & tools to make most repairs. > Over the last 20 or so years, technology has changed. To repair most modern > equipment, you need expensive desoldering tools, soldering equipment, air > soldering units, etc, just to remove the part for testing or replacement. > Most of this equipment is out of reach for most hams. I am in the > electronics repair business and with replacements so cheap, it is hard to > recoup the cost I have invested in repair equipment. Also the skill that is > needed to use it, most hams would not do enough repairs to gain that skill. > Now you also have to have the test equipment, signal generators, scopes, > frequency counters, etc. Hard to justify for a hobby investment. If you a > new ham and invest in old, tube type equipment, there are dangerous & > deadly high voltages in older equipment. I grew up working with this type > of gear, but most current hams & many current electronic repair people have > not. This requires a much greater respect when servicing this equipment. > Long time hams, over their years have accumulated much of this gear and > skills to do repairs. Over the last 20-30 years, schools have remove > classroom training in this skills, electronics, metal shop. wood shop, etc. > favoring the arts, and computer programming. There are people that will > read this that can write a program for a Arduino or Raspberry PI but could > not assemble a power supply for one. Robert > > > > *From:* BVARC <bvarc-boun...@bvarc.org> *On Behalf Of *David Hold via > BVARC > *Sent:* Thursday, October 21, 2021 9:02 AM > *To:* BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <bvarc@bvarc.org> > *Cc:* David Hold <davidh...@gmail.com> > *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] Radio Repair > > > > I wish hams would learn to fix their own stuff like the ham radio of old… > that is why they include electronics on the test….. maybe they should > remove those questions and replace them with where do I mail my radio for > repair > > > > On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 8:58 AM Jerry LaVoie via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> > wrote: > > Good morning all, > > > > I need your help. Being new to the area I have no idea where to look. I > have an old Yaesu FT-757GXII. It needs to beto be realigned and the > internal battery needs replacement. Does anyone have any suggestions on > where to have this service done? I appreciate your responses and help. > > > > Thank You > > > > Jerry > > WX7MRI > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC@bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ > > -- > > David Hold david.h...@gmail.com > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC@bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ >
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