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Hello there, My name is Bill Wolverton, I currently live here in Denver, Colorado and been licensed as a ham since September of 1967 when I was still a high school age youngster living up in Oregon where I first became licensed as a Novice (WN7IOK) I passed my Extra class exam back in 1980 and received the call sign KI7F. My home website is at www.ki7f.com and also a ham radio/SWL related blogging page at http://ki7f2.blogspot.com/ I found your website by doing a Google search on the Ranger AR-3500 ten meter rig. I purchased a Ranger AR-3500 back in 1988 when I was still living in Southern California and was very pleased with the rig. Nice sounding receive audio as well as transmit audio. I mostly used it as a mobile unit and you can view the logs I kept from my ten mobile ventures in Southern California bakc in late 80's and early 90's on my blogging page at http://ki7f2.blogspot.com/ In 1991, the rig's final amp stage failed. I tried replacing the final transistor, but with in 30 seconds of key up, the transisteor smoked again and I never did find out why. I still have the Ranger AR-3500 packed away in a box and I am temporarily using a Realistic HTX-100 ten meter rig that belongs to another ham radio friend. KC7HUB back in Utah. I like the Ranger since it offers FM mode as well as SSB, CW and AM and would like to get it repaired and back on the air. If I some how can get it repaired my self, that would be nice if I can find out what I am doing wrong or what I am over looking. I work as an avionics bench technician for a local helicopter company here in the Denver area and repair aircraft related radios all the time, so, it should not be a big deal for me to fix it. There is something shorted or something that is causing the final transistor to immediately burn up. The receiver section works just fine. If you have any ideas, let me know. If I did decide to send that rog in for repairs, do you what reliable shop is available that still repairs those units? Anyway, I just installed a ten meter dipole on my apartment balcony and just waiting for ten to start opening up as solar cycle 24 progresses. Best Regards! 73, Bill, KI7F Denver, Colorado