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well..... it's a sad day at scr8p's house. my trusty ko propo ex5 radio that has guided my cars/trucks for thousands of laps over our 20 year partnership has gone to that r/c heaven in the sky.

I am truly sorry to hear of your loss jason. My thoughts and prayers go out to you and your family of RC's for your loss.

Sorry, man. Great radios. I use one in my Pumpkin still. Glitch free and great range for an AM. I will pour some of my 40 on the curb in it’s honor.

i'm never gonna have another radio like that. well................. except for that other ex-5 i got. but it's just not the same.

the family is excepting monetary donations in lieu of flowers. so if you want my paypal addy, just let me know. j/k

are you sure it's completely dead, and not just mostly dead?

maybe a bad regulator or something, cold solder joint, or something similar.

Don't give up man!!! You might able to rebuild him, make him stronger. We have the technology! Unless is got run over, in that case, my condolences.....

jwscab wrote:are you sure it's completely dead, and not just mostly dead?

did you just get done watching The Princess Bride or something?

the coroner is gonna try to figure out the cause of death shorty.

nah, i just have wayyyy too many movie one-liners in my head at any given time.

i saw a radio repair place somewhere linked here a long time ago, place seemed pretty big and knowledgable from the look of their website

scr8p wrote:

jwscab wrote:are you sure it's completely dead, and not just mostly dead?

did you just get done watching The Princess Bride or something?

Inconceivable!

Anybody want a peanut?

hey jay, being an electronic technician i have fixed a few radios before, send it to me and i'll take a crack at it.

ok, thanks. i'm gonna open it up to see if there's any "obvious" issues that i can easily take care of. if i can't find anything, i'll let you know.

what acually happened to it?

nothing actually happened to it. it worked fine the last time i used it.

i was intalling the electronics in my agi-jammer so i could get the steering servo centered before mounting it on the chassis. i flipped the on/off switch, and it showed nothing on the meter. so figuring the batteries were dead, i but new ones in it. still nothing. so then i thought maybe it was the battery holder, so i put it in my other other ex-5 and it powered up to 10% on the meter.

now that being said, i just went downstairs and was gonna open it up. but i figured i'd try throwing batteries in it again....... just to make sure it was screwed up. when i flipped the switch, the meter jumped a little bit. when i went to turn it off, the meter jumped again. so then i slid the switch to the on position slowly. it powered up to 100%, but when it was all the way the right in the on position, the meter dropped to zero. i slid it back to the left a little bit, it went back to 100%. so, it looks as if the only thing wrong with it is the switch.

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