Soldering can be a tricky thing to master. I got started by adding lights to my motorbike.

Scott Edick all you do is just tuch a chizle tip to the smd and lift it off

Is Dad😢

I'm not aware of another version. Probably been over a year since I had one in for warranty repair so I really don't see them very often. LOL, they seem to never break.

Unfortunately I don't have a Grant 2. They don't carry them in the US.

The McKinley would be my choice. Better warranty, they actually have customer support (a phone number with a real person in the USA that answers it) and my opinion a better radio. I use 3 of them. One as a bench radio and two of them mobile in different vehicles.

Out of the box all CB radios have clarifier locked. Only the RX frequency is adjustable with the clarifier, the TX is only adjustable from inside the radio. Unlocking the clarifier ties the RX and TX frequencies together.

Sorry to ask, whats the advantage of this, isnt it best to leave tx frequency and just clarify the rx? Jim

That's not a problem. If RX and TX are still factory with only the RX being adjustable from the clarifier on the other persons radio when they transmit you adjust your clarifier to "tune" them in. Then when you transmit on that same exact frequency (because your clarifier has been unlocked) the other person adjust their clarifier to "tune" you in on RX. There's never a problem with 2 people when either both or neither have modified clarifiers or only one has a modified clarifier. The problem occurs when you have 3 or more people talking. With factory locked clarifiers you end up chasing each other around with the clarifier every time a different person talks.

Nevermind. found the new 980ssb clarifier video!

+Kurt Peckenschneider Your transmit and receive frequencies are then locked together. From the factory the clarifier only effects the receive signal. The transmit signal is only adjustable inside the radio. Unlocking it locks (kind of a contradiction of words) the RX and TX frequencies so they are the same. Factory is fine if only two people are talking. One person talks, you clarify them in and when you talk that person clarifies you in, all is well with the world. The problem is if a third person enters the conversation. You end up continuously adjusting your clarifier to tune in one person or the other. If everyone had their radios with RX and TX locked together it wouldn't be a problem. You want to enter a conversation, you clarify that person in and when you transmit it's on the same frequency. Amateur radios generally are selectable. You can make independent RX and TX adjustments or select to have RX and TX locked together with the push of a button.

Freelancer FRLNCR Because the FCC has stupid rules that say they can't do that. Back in the mid-70's, I had a Radio Shack TRC48 (I think) 23 channel SSB radio. It's clarifier tracked xmit and rcv together. I think when the new 40 channel radios came out in 78, the new FCC type acceptance rules required a fixed xmit with the clarifier only tracking recieve. As Mike correctly noted, this causes all kind of problems with conversations involving more than two people.

Me too, and each one has a tiny little soldering iron. :-)

And a tail number for proper ID.

Cost, reliability, performance, stability to name a few. Pretty much all modern electronics use surface mount parts. They have been around for over 50 years. Production cost of them is now much less than comparable thru hole parts.

@@mikesradiorepair I love the President Richard CB radio I bought 2 of them.