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Where To Get A Radio Aligned.

CanesFan95

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Say you have a Harris radio like an XG-75P or XG-100P and you want to have an alignment done to make sure it's on frequency and audio is good. Are there any hobbyist-friendly shops in the U. S. that will do it?
 

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About any of the commercial radio shops near you, a Harris dealer would be best, but it is gonna cost.
Some shops won't even touch it
 

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Say you have a Harris radio like an XG-75P or XG-100P and you want to have an alignment done to make sure it's on frequency and audio is good. Are there any hobbyist-friendly shops in the U. S. that will do it?

Yeah, you want a Harris dealer since they'll have the software and cables necessary. On the newer radios, like the XL line, the newer service monitors will support an autotune function that makes it even easier.

Find a local Harris dealer and start there.
Or, start sniffing around for ham radio operators that are into Harris gear and have a service monitor. Some may do it free/cheap + the cost of shipping.
 

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You can make a simple alignment mission plan from the radio maintenance manual for the 100P that will give you a TCXO adjustment menu item. With that any shop can put the radio right on frequency in about 2 minutes. For the 100M it’s a little more complicated using a terminal emulator program and telling the radio to transmit on an 800MHz freq then giving its TCXO instructions to go up or down in frequency. It’s not difficult, just busy work. I don’t remember how it’s done on the 75M but I’ve been there once.
 

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Thanks all. I have a feeling they won't be hobbyist-friendly. What I really want is a XG-75P, but they're about impossible to find.
 
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