[MRCA] Chicom Type 883 VHF radio-CORRECTION

[Ken Downs]

Tom, Jeep, and anyone else reading this,

Duh. Brain fart time on my part. My radio is a type 884, not an 883 as 
I stated earlier. Guess I took stupid pills this morning instead of my 
usual meds... 

I had done some research, and yes, the 884 is the all solid state 
replacement for the tubed 883 of maybe ten years earlier. I do have the 
manual, but, as one would expect, it is in Chinese. My 47-week Basic 
Mandarin course at the Defense Language Institute concluded in 
December, 1972, and I was not very good with written Chinese even back 
then. Now ? Forget it! The good news is that the manual includes a 
complete schematic. 

If no one on the list is interested, I will probably take it to 
Nearfest in October and try to get some of my investment back. Someone 
may be interested in it as a non-working example of military radio, or 
perhaps a man-pack for a child who likes to play army. Whatever.The 
case could be used for a better radio (or doorstop ?). When I saw it 
for sale at the military vehicle rally in Weare, NH Saturday, the 
push-button cw "key" and Vietnam memotries of the Chinese K63 with 
which I am familiar made me think it might be an hf radio, so I jumped 
at it without much thought. Ah, impulse buying. 

Win some, lose some. 

Ken, W1KRT

On Wed, 29 Jul 2015 08:10:41 -0400, Ken Downs 
<krtdowns at myfairpoint.net> wrote:
This past weekend I picked up a Chinese army backpack radio. It looked 
interesting, came with a bunch of accessories, and was priced right, so 
I took a chance inspite of not knowing anything about it. It turned out 
to be a type 883 VHF (45-50 MHz) FM/CW rig made in 1974. The model was 
used 1972-1980's and is all transistorized - no tubes or ICs. 
> Anyone have any experience with these radios? The receiver on this 
> one sounds live, but does not receive anything. The TX also has no 
> output. I replaced the T/R relay (it came with spares) but still no 
> joy. At this point I suspect the LO or something in the multiplier 
> chain. Any suggestions?
> Worse come to worst, the great little case could be used for an HF 
> QRP radio. Thanks and 73,
>
> Ken, W1KRT
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