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Category: Amateur Radio Equipment Repair

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Review Summary For : LPC Wireless, KI4NR
Reviews: 188MSRP: 40/Hr
Description:
Repair Service for Yaesu, Kenwood & Icom HF Equipment

Specialize in Lightning Damage Repairs, Performance modifications, Audio work

Very reasonable rates & Speedy turn around.

Product is in production
More Info: http://www.qsl.net/ki4nr/
# last 180 days Avg. Rating last 180 days Total reviews Avg. overall rating
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KI4DLS Rating: 2022-01-15
Great service Time Owned: more than 12 months.
I spent over $200.00 with a repair service in Tampa that did not fix anything. John found the problem and repaired my issue in a short time and charged me less than half what I paid in Tampa for nothing. John gets my highest rating for honest and efficient repair.
W4RAA Rating: 2017-12-18
You won't find a better repair tech Time Owned: more than 12 months.
John has done a few repairs for me in the past with excellent results. I am lucky that I live within a couple of hours from John so I can drive over when i have a repair to be done. I recently had John work on two high end radios for me and the repairs on both were no less then excellent.
His quality of work in his diagnostics of the problem, the quality of the parts he uses in replacing defective parts, his attention to detail
is second to none. John checked out both radios entirely to make sure that worked 100% as they should. Simply put you will not find a better Tech. If you want an Honest, Knowledgeable and Experienced repair Technician contact John, you will not regret it.

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Earlier 5-star review posted by W4RAA on 2016-05-01

John has worked on a previous radio for me several years back so when my Yaesu 736R needed some work I emailed John to see if he would take on the radio. I drove two hours to his location and hand delivered the 736R to him and told him what I needed done. John called me when it was completed and ready for pickup. When I arrived the first thing I noticed was that the radio was immaculately cleaned, it looked like a brand new radio. John not only repaired what needed to be done but went through the radio and made sure that everything was working as it should right down to the smallest detail.
John's technical abilities simply put are
second to none. You would be hard pressed to find anyone else that compares to his work. Thank you John for your outstanding service!
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Earlier 5-star review posted by W4RAA on 2008-06-22

My 920 had been experiencing low power output of @ 60 watts. I searched high and low in hopes of finding someone that knew how to service Yaesus correctly. I found LPCwireless and gave them a call, talked to John the owner and explained the
situation to him. Luckily John is a 35 mile drive from my QTH, I met John, we talked alittle and i immediately realized that he knew what he was talking about and he knew Yaesus.Told him i was in no hurry to get the 920 back, got an email from John 2 days later saying my 920 was done and it was ready for pickup. Upon arrival at John's he explained to me that he found low output power, he aligned the tranmitter section and the 920 now has 110 watts output, he found loose/non serviceable connectors in which he replaced as well as a bad potentiometer that he also replaced as well a replacing the Lithium battery. he also went over the entire radio. For everything that John did his service charge was more than fair, Yaesu would probably had charged atleast 3 or more times the amount.

I got to try my 920 after waiting a fews day for the Florida Thunderstorms to let up, the results of John's service to my 920 was amazing, all reports back to me were strong signal and audio, i was easily punching through the pileups, could not do that before. My 920 has never preformed so well.

John is a true professional who does nothing but high quality work, his prices are very fair and he stands by his works.

KD4VJF Rating: 2017-10-23
The best in the business! Time Owned: more than 12 months.
Been trying to get logged on for a couple of years. Just got it fixed! John is hands down the best tech there is! He knows what he's doing. Has fixed or tweaked EVERY radio I own. very nice fellow too!The quality of his work is top notch.We're very blessed to have him around!

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Earlier 5-star review posted by KD4VJF on 2010-02-18

I have an Icom that was off freq and just plain not performing. John took it in went through everything fixed more than he and I first thought was wrong and the price he charged and performance of the radio? Lets just say I'll never use anyone but John. 1st rate service and attitude. He's a credit to ham radio. He even cleaned the entire rig inside and out. It looks brand new! He's Great!
KA1LQE Rating: 2017-09-05
Always great work Time Owned: more than 12 months.
Finally got so I could login to eham. John repaired my Icom 760 MKIIG. Did a great job as usual. Highly recommended. Really the best in the business. Thanks John.

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Earlier 5-star review posted by KA1LQE on 2012-11-19

John repaired by ICOM-706MKIIG that had lost the HF finals. Not only did he repair the radio but checked the overall functionality as well. The final board looked better than it had when new from the factory. Very clean, careful job with excellent turn around time. John's got my business! I've already recommended him to other Hams that I know in my area.
KJ4JDX Rating: 2017-08-25
Great work Time Owned: more than 12 months.
John has always done a great job on the many radios he has repaired for me and my friends. I don't know of any dissatisfied customers. If it is fixable, he can do it. He is honest and will not rip you off. He makes it as good or better than new.
N2MDV Rating: 2017-08-20
Very, very, fair indeed! Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
I had the unfortunate to buy an early Kenwood TM-D710A. Oh, don get me wrong, I think that this is a fantastically featured dual-band rig. However, mine was early enough to have the TOKO IF filters flaw, where DC voltage is applied to them, causing corrosion of dissimilar metals to happen within the filters, thus the receiver would act like a -40dB attenuator was switched on it. Not wanting to try to replace the filters myself, let alone try to do the adding of SMT DC blocking CAP´s to the new filters, I asked John if he could do it. He agreed that TOKO had a bash of bad filters in Kenwood and Yaesu rigs, but did not want to attempt to do the modification either. Instead, he suggested replacing the TOKO´s with better rated Token IF filters, as he seen added to newer Yaesu rigs. I accepted his suggestion and really liked the price that he quoted to me, just under $100.00USD´s (That´s with shipping.). He even held the rig for an extra week for me while I had to go out of state. 3 weeks later, I gotten the rig back and it all appears to be hearing as well as it did before on all bands, even the non-TX bands like aircraft AM, 300MHz, 222MHz, 900MHz, 162MHz NOAA Weather, and 1.2GHz. Thus far, two weeks of use to try it all out. Will the new Token filters stand the test of time? We shall see. However, consider what Kenwood East would do. Charge X3 more and most likely put the same type of TOKO filters in, which you know will fail. You have a tough fix that you don not want to try to attempt? E-mail John and see what he can do for you.
K3AYW Rating: 2017-06-20
Kenwood TS2000 Repair Time Owned: more than 12 months.
John did a excellent Job repairing my TS2000, while
I waited. Most Tech's would not allow that.
The Best in the Business. Great Work, very
Professional
K1SB Rating: 2017-06-17
Yaesu FT-950 lighting strike Time Owned: more than 12 months.
Living in Florida ,lighting is always a major issue. I took a direct hit on my tower and though well grounded and protected the damage to my shack and home was considerable. My Yaesu Ft-950 was hit. herd of John on the internet and called him. he was busy at the time but within a month he called and said bring it over ( I live in the area). work was done quickly and radio returned in a week. John has the knowledge and equipment to repair radios down to the component level (rare to find these days) ---- he is NOT a board changer but rather a radio repairman. thank you John. Stan
KI4KSY Rating: 2017-05-30
FT-857d Time Owned: more than 12 months.
Unbelievable! After receiving the radio back from the manufacture and still having problems, I dropped it off with John and he had it fixed within an hour.
KG4WPV Rating: 2017-05-29
Kenwood ts 950sd Time Owned: 6 to 12 months.
I highly recommend john fixed my Kenwood ts 950sd in know time he does great work so if you won't it fixed right I highly recommend John thank you ki4nr.