I have an old Console V base station made by SBE in the '70s. Great
radio, but it's having problems -- the squelch isn't working anymore --
at least not the way it's supposed to. A fellow I know who has worked
on it thinks it's something in an IC in the radio, but the parts are
almost impossible to come by.

I have the manual and schematics -- anyone out there want to try their
hand at going through it for me?

try replacing (testing) the pot
if that don't work, then go to the board.

On 9 Apr 2005 14:09:22 -0700, "CaptHerp" wrote:

I have an old Console V base station made by SBE in the '70s. Great
radio, but it's having problems -- the squelch isn't working anymore --
at least not the way it's supposed to. A fellow I know who has worked
on it thinks it's something in an IC in the radio, but the parts are
almost impossible to come by.

I have the manual and schematics -- anyone out there want to try their
hand at going through it for me?


I seem to recall that there is a germanium PNP transistor (a 2SB-type)
in there (One of very few), that has a tendency to go bad. I once
worked on a Console V with a similar problem years ago. I don't have
the schematic for the radio any more or I'd give you the part number.

Dave
"Sandbagger"
http://home.ptd.net/~n3cvj