Getting a nice 75 MHZ transmitter for minimum investment

[wingtip]

well since you guys posted his hours and i live just 3 hours south of him i called and sure enough he answered and yep, im F*&^g screwed.... guess ill fix the touchscreen and sell this off if i dont just use it on 72 which is what ill probably just end up doing.... its just to stupid to waste a perfectly good 14mz with all its functionality because its not legal on 72 for sub duty when barely anyone uses it for air anymore....

[wingtip]

its been a while since i posted in this thread and will be attempting to call them tomorrow since futaba services just told me they couldnt convert my 14mz with a 72mhz module over to 75mhz.. very disappointed but it needed a touchscreen replaced anyways so its not a total waste...yet lol

[Oldus Fartus]

Tony just converted my Futaba 9C and two 1024 PCM receivers for me...works great!

[greg w]

Good to know. Thanks

[thor]

Yes, he can.

[greg w]

Can he convert futaba receivers too?

[thor]

Tony does really excellent work. He's converted several radios over for me along with frequency modules, as well. Be patient with him and you will be very happy with the quality of his work.

[Oldus Fartus]

Tony converted my Futaba 9C to 75MHz and it works perfectly...just be patient as he has a full-time job and is heavily involved with the AMA...

[Ralph --- SSBN 598]

Radio South is own by Tony.
He's work hours are in the evening.
I assume he has a day job.
I too had slow responses with e-mail.
But a phone call and all was well.
I had a problem with my Tx and it returned in good working order.
Cost was shipping and minimum labor charge.
There was the slow e-mail responses and there were the detailed conversations by phone.
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My opinion is, Tony is not really a computer person.

From his web site....
"My business hours are 5:30PM until 9PM Eastern Time, Monday thru Friday."


Call him.

[bigkim100]

Radio SAouth

I had tony @ radiosouth do some work for me on a Robbe FC-28 about a year and a half ago. http://www.radiosouthrc.com/ if you will notice, his phone number is the largest item on the main page of his web site notice also that his business hours are listed... i talked to him on the phone... i got my stuff back from him as quickly as he was able to get parts. price was very reasonable as well.

I have contacted Radio South, and received a EMail the following day.
I sent him a long list of 27mhZ transmitters, both computerized, and not, and I received a EMail back the following day that he has no trouble converting any of them.

I had tony @ radiosouth do some work for me on a Robbe FC-28 about a year and a half ago. http://www.radiosouthrc.com/ if you will notice, his phone number is the largest item on the main page of his web site notice also that his business hours are listed... i talked to him on the phone... i got my stuff back from him as quickly as he was able to get parts. price was very reasonable as well.

[Ralph --- SSBN 598]

A couple of years back, I too tried to contact Radio South by e-mail.
No response.

I made one phone call and ended up talking for almost an hour getting questions answered and advise and solutions to my project.
It was on a Polk as well.

Some people/businesses do not use e-mail but instead prefer talking person to person.

Get personal and engage in conversation.
Get them a call.

[wingtip]

I emailed to RadioSouth this past week but haven't heard anything back.

everytime I email them I never hear back either...I gave up on contacting them.

[warpatroller]

Thanks for the clarification. I guess what was done to mine, can no longer be done. R.I.P. Polk..

[bigdave]

If Polk did it what they most likely did was swap out the 72 MHZ internal freq module board with the 75 MHZ board.
It is not a retune of the 72 MHZ module. They could do that as they made them and had the parts at hand.
Unless a place like Radio South has a spare 75 MHZ module lying around it can't be done.
What we are saying is a synthesized module is built for a certain freq and is not just a retune as can be done in a crystal module. Sadly Polks is no longer in business.
John is still around though, but no longer has any association with the now defunct company. BD