Radio

Repair Service

We offer a repair service to CB and amateur radio equipment. Our engineer is a licensed radio amateur with a good track record in repairing amateur equipment. He also teaches the advanced license at the local radio club. From old valve sets to modern transceivers all will be examined and tested with great care. We have had success repairing radios that would normally be considered beyond repair!

We do repair linear amplifiers - however please remember that for some semiconductor linear amplifiers it is often cheaper to replace the unit than for us to order a set of replacement transistors and charge the appropriate labour for installation and testing.

Used radio equipment

From time to time we have a selection of radio equipment for sale. Please consult the used equipment list here.

Repair charges

For CB equipment, just bring the radio in for examination. The initial examination is free and once the fault is determined an estimate will be prepared.

For amateur radio equipment there is an initial examination charge of £15 per hour, which will be payable if you choose not to continue with a repair. Repair rates are £30/hr except on difficult jobs which may be charged at a lesser rate to keep the repair economical.

Please remember that repair to amateur radio equipment requires significant skill in faultfinding, advanced knowledge of electronics, work with surface mount miniature components and advanced test equipment. Do not expect your 'bargain' ebay rig that arrived dead to be repaired for £25. Older equipment will inevitably have more problems due to component aging. Radios that have been 'twiddled' require lengthy realignment work.

We provide a high quality repair service for your favourite radios, offering an accurate as possible estimate which in some cases can take hours to prepare. This is to give you the maximum amount of information about your radio and its condition.

Please attempt to make a judgement prior to bringing in a radio for repair as to whether you are willing to spend between e.g £60 for a radio in good condition with one major, moderately straightforward fault, and £200, e.g. for a radio in poor condition, with major faults, with multiple age related problems, missing components, randomly twiddled alignments etc.

You can be assured that your radio will be taken care of and be restored to good working order.

Equipment that is returned by courier can be insured up to a value chosen by you. We use a good value courier with good insurance options.

Testimonials

Yaesu FT-857

Faults: Nasty internal crackle making transceiver unusable, DSP filtering issues.

Hello Dan,

My thanks go out to you. What a wonderful job you have done repairing my
857-D. Since I have had the radio its always been a tiny amount off
frequency on 2M SSB. I conducted a test with my brother earlier who
lives in Shropshire and he said it was bang smack on frequency.. Thanks
very much Dan.

Regards

David Bowen
2W0ZJA
Brecon

Thanks David for your comments on the repaired transceiver. I am very glad you are pleased with the work carried out on it. 73 and GD DX!