jcpenney 6247 led display replacement

[@honkhonklersr.4340]

Holy Buckets, a man of many talents!

[@bucketsgarage]

@@honkhonklersr.4340 thanks bud 😁

[@benbogg5430]

Fixing up the old timers is getting harder and harder as parts are unavailable, I too, buy junk radios in order to repair others. Great job Buckets!!!!

[@wildfire365]

Great video job well done.

[@bucketsgarage]

@@wildfire365 Thank you very much and enjoy the rest of your weekend 😊

[@daveroberts9431]

Thank you for another informative Video.

[@bucketsgarage]

@@daveroberts9431 Thank you for the comment. I appreciate you watching. Enjoy the rest of your weekend. Thanks, buckets

[@HondaRay]

Holy Snow Buckets !!!! I miss my Linear Amp and K40 Antenna, LoL. The last radio I had was a Cobra Base Station that had lots of channels added and "tweaked out", it was purchased at Hamfest. Stay Warm. Roger Dee, Over.

[@bucketsgarage]

@@HondaRay Roger that Cobra 2000 was my favorite and lots of channels, two speakers and a d104 microphone. Now I got a Cobra 200 export radio. Love it! Nice to hear from you. Ray, enjoy your week. 10-4

[@AdamDeal-KF0PRI]

holy buckets it lives

[@johnlease2369]

Good repair,I also dabble in cb radios. Stay warm no snow for southern wisconsin just cold.

[@bucketsgarage]

@@johnlease2369 I'm glad you don't have any snow getting sick of it already LOL stay warm too 😁 Thanks for the compliment and thanks for watching. Have a great rest of your weekend

[@ClickinChicken]

I have an old Layfayette CB radio. I bought a Midland bearcat 980 radio in it's stead. It's cool you dabble into radio. Have you heard anything other than listening to 'Super bowl' channel 6? Mamma Jammas in Atlanta to New Jersey! ha! I got a local guy once, he said, "I hear you." I am by no means a Hamm operator here. Clicking chicken is my RADIO handle, that's the truth!

[@bucketsgarage]

@@ClickinChicken yeah buddy I'm 21 in the buckeye state. Lot of skip coming in today. Yeah channel 6 is always the super bowl. One 19 super busy here and it ain't local truckers either. I'm actually in the basement right now. Finishing up that radio working really good. Thanks for watching bud

[@Davidjb37721]

Thanks for your input

[@bucketsgarage]

@@Davidjb37721 you're welcome 😊

[@internetuser691]

First thought before I even watch the video, check the voltage regulator diodes that supply current to the display? Looks like one of those old circuits where they used multiple supply voltage sources due to limitations of available hardware. Second thought (still before actually watching the video) is how does it look when on an oscilloscope? If otherwise the signal is acceptable, then look at the display circuit itself, if not then you’ve got other issues going on. Remember, just because there is no license required doesn’t mean it’s okay to use a trash blaster. Third thought, still on the same line of thinking here, GET YOUR HAM LICENSE! My less than a watt transmitter easily talks around the world on a regular basis. It’s a simple written test to get a technician class license (NO MORSE CODE REQUIRED ANY MORE LIKE WHEN I SWITCHED FROM CB!).

[@bucketsgarage]

@@internetuser691 hey, I really appreciate the suggestions. It's always helpful. Yeah the radio was working pretty good and right out of frequency and the transmit was four and a half w output. The display went out occasionally and then would flicker. I am a ham operator. I do have my license. I enjoy that as well, but I do enjoy playing with the old radios that I grew up with when poop hits the fan. Both ham and CB are going to be required as the only communication.. Thanks for watching bud in the communication. Enjoy the rest of your weekend 😊

[@internetuser691]

After first two minutes of video, ITS NOT THE DISPLAY THATS THE ISSUE! Note how ALL the segments do in fact light up as you turn the dial? It’s the channel selector switch! Dead giveaway as to the cause of the issue. It seems to be functioning correctly otherwise? I’ll post any other observations as I see them.

[@internetuser691]

Okay, two more thoughts AFTER watching the entire video. First, alcohol works wonders for cleaning excess flux after soldering. Second, holy buckets you trashed the original display segments by soldering iron abuse! You might have needed that one day. I still think if you simply cleaned the contacts in the original switch the display would have come back to life. Oh, the first donor radio had serious rusty screwdriver damage (evidenced by the shotty soldering work when you opened it up). Get yourself a golden screwdriver if you’re going to work on these things, it will save you a fortune in storage fees (storing all the damaged unusable old parts for trial and error repairs). Now, if you happen to run into anyone with a platinum screwdriver, I have a repair job that needs doing. You see it’s one of those $1200 ham rigs (a shack in a box rig) that needs some surface mount soldering work that I just haven’t decided to attempt myself. Needs an 8V regulator chip, two diodes, and a choke replaced due to over voltage on the input. When my power supply failed it sent 15.3V to the rig and the circuit max voltage is 14.1V, so yepper it let the Japanese magic smoke out of both the power supply AND the $1200 radio. I suppose since the manufacturer quoted $970 to repair it (they wanted to replace the logic board and rf board) I’ll likely be investing in some hot air soldering and de soldering equipment to attempt the repair. And yes, it allowed for communications anywhere on the planet (where legal) and allowed for digital comms, either mobile or from base. Personally, if I look inside a radio and I can see evidence that someone else has been in there other than the manufacturer, I consider it for repair and resale or disposal. NEVER destroy parts you think might be bad, it may turn out that just your method of diagnosis was flawed. When you initially tested the original display, changing the channel resulted in each segment of the display lighting up just not when it was supposed to be lit up. Ergo the channel selector was the issue not the display. Contact cleaner would have either fixed the issue or told you to replace the channel selector (which you did anyway). BUT YOU DESTROYED THE ORIGINAL LED DISPLAY WITH A SOLDERING IRON? Holy buckets! Oh, AND There’s your dinner! Ha ha!

[@internetuser691]

@@bucketsgarageI can usually be found on either East Coast Reflector or Thirty Charlie, when I’m out and about, I generally keep it off except during local nets around here (that’s my time in the wood shop so I would not be able to hear it anyway). CB is all but dead around here in Texas, I can (and have) drive for8 hours on the highway while scanning CB and Ham frequencies and only ever hear Ham Operators on the airwaves. It really sucks considering I started on CB back in the 70’s before I went HAM in the 90’s. I can be found just look for that guy who keeps counting five hairy quick keyers and shout out to “Flying Fourwheeler”. Long story about a short flight that will explain that handle LOL

[@donsoule6411]

Are you sure those screws are Phillips Head and not JIS (tee hee) ?? 🪛🃏🤣

[@bucketsgarage]

@@donsoule6411 🤣😂🤣😂🤣 That's pretty. Darn funny my friend, but you know you're probably right. Most of those radios are made in Japan 😂🤣