At the Repair Bench Repository

A collection of published repair case history articles...

All articles are copyrighted material as stated thereon; photo credits are given as appropriate and are also stated thereon.

As you read these articles, please feel free to drop me an e-mail with any questions that you may have. I will be happy to provide an explanation for any of the material that you may find to be confusing.

A new feature, effective 23 March 2024, is that the article titles in the listings below will from this point on also be live links to those articles!

Heathkit® GD-1B Grid Dip Meter Frequency Dial Replacement - Special Report

This article is a mid-month special report detailing the process followed in creating a replacement tuning dial for a Heathkit® GD-1B Grid Dip Meter...

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Yaesu FTM-400DRX - May 2024

This month's article describes some repairs made to a Yaesu FTM-400 that would not hold its programming...

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Yaesu FTM-7250DR - Special Report

This article is a mid-month special report dealing with the repairs to a Yaesu FTM-7250 transceiver with no RF output...

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Conar 231 Tuned Signal Tracer - April 2024

This month's article describes the repairs required to restore a "dead" Conar 231 Tuned Signal Tracer to operating condition...

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Heathkit® IT-5283 Signal Tracer - March 2024

This month's article is all about a simple but tricky repair to a Heathkit® 5200-series signal tracer that came to my shop in a "dead" condition...

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Landers, Frary & Clark CD V-715 Model 1A Radiological Survey Meter - February 2024

This month's article is a follow-on article to the August 2023 piece.  This is the second of the two survey meters brought to me to be refurbished, but this one is of a different technology...

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MFJ-259B SWR Analyzer - January 2024

This month's article discussed a minor repair to an inoperable MFJ-259B SWR Analyzer...

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GCARC VHF Antenna Rotator Controller - December 2023

This month's article details the repairs to a homebrew antenna rotator controller that had a wonky display...

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Plasma Lamp - November 2023

This month's article describes the repair of a favorite toy of the son of one of my fellow club members, a retro-style plasma lamp...

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Heathkit® IM-5284 & IPA-5280-1 - October 2023

This month's article covers the refurbishment of a pair of Heathkit® items found at a Hamfest, and then offered for sale on ebay...

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Heathkit® IP-2718 Power Supply -  September 2023

This month's article is about the rapid turn-around repair of a Heathkit® IP-2718 Tri-Power Supply that had failures in all three of its outputs...

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Victoreen V700 Model 6A Geiger Counter - August 2023

This month I tackle something truly different... a 1960's era Victoreen  Civil Defense geiger counter overhaul...

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Icom IC-3210 - July 2023

This month's article covered a series of minor repairs to an Icom IC-3210 dual-band transceiver, which unfortunately did not fully repair the radio...

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NanoVNA - June 2023

This month's article covered the minor repair to and upgrade of a NanoVNA H4 that had lost its touch-screen capability...

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Brother P-touch 1400 - May 2023

This month's article covered a repair to a Brother P-touch 1400 Handheld Label Printer with a defective "Y" key...

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Icom ID-800H - April 2023

This month's article covered a repair to an Icom ID-800H transceiver that would occasionally blow its power line fuse...

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Icom ID-4100A - March 2023

This month's article covered a repair to an Icom ID-4100A transceiver that would intermittently shut down...

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MFJ-259 - February 2023

This month's article covered a repair to an MFJ-259 SWR Analyzer with an inoperative panel meter...

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Henry 1KD-5 - January 2023

This month's article covered a repair to a Henry 1KD-5 RF Amplifier with intermittent operation...

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Kenwood TM-241A - December 2022

This month's article covered a repair to a Kenwood TM-241A transceiver with no TX output power, among other issues...

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Icom IC-706 - November 2022

This month's article covered a repair to an Icom IC-706 transceiver with a "dead" front panel...

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Heathkit® HP-23B - October 2022

This month's article covered a repair to a Heathkit® HP-23B Power Supply unit that was blowing fuses...

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Simpson 260 - September 2022

This month's article covered a repair to a Simpson 260 VOM with a broken PCB...

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NanoVNA - August 2022

This month's article covered a repair to a NanoVNA device that had a blank LCD panel...

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Heathkit® HD-1234 - July 2022

This month's article is the inaugural one, and it covers the repair of a Heathkit® HD-1234 coaxial switch...

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