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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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W4MAC Rating: 2008-10-17
Real Winner Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
I sent my FT-736 to LPC Wireless because he was closest to me. I am so glad I did. Not only did he fix what I sent it for, but he took care of some other issues while he had it. When finished with the repairs, he detailed and cleaned the rig much better than I sent it in. The price? Cheaper than I would ever guess. I am looking around in the shack now to see what else I can send him. On top of that, he reboxed it and packed it better than I did to send it to him. Yes, I will be using him again.

Thanks, W4MAC-Mack
KD4POP Rating: 2008-09-20
Ts 940 repair Time Owned: 6 to 12 months.
Well called john on the phone discussed my problem with my ts 940 .We had an idea were the problem was. He had it fixed in 20 min. He goes out of his way on these radios he went over other stuff i would have never though of doing just because he knows the radio. Its like he was the design engineer for this radio.Should have been an engineer for Kenwood. Very nice and pleasent man to talk with.ANY ONE NEEDS A RADIO FIXED SEE JOHN
Thanks John,
WB0GZR Rating: 2008-09-03
KI4NR Knows his Kenwoods Time Owned: more than 12 months.
I needed a TS-940 AVR board repaired & was able to send John just the board and not the whole radio. He fixed it with mods and a very good solder job. It works just fine & I thought I'd post this info for all to know plus he's easy to work with. Give John an email or call if you need your Kenwood worked on & tell him Rick in Missouri WBØGZR sent you.
LPC Wireless
Phone: 386-774-9921
Website: http://www.qsl.net/ki4nr/
Email: lpcwireless@cfl.rr.com
KR4OW Rating: 2008-07-18
746 Pro Lightning Time Owned: 6 to 12 months.
My 746Pro got bit by lightning. I took it to him that next morning. That afternoon had it troubleshot for most of the bad parts. He Ordered
had it fixed shortly after that Plus He has an excellent mod for the display overheating issue. No More issue.... He has my buisness for now on

Thanks John

David KR4OW
W1LVL Rating: 2008-07-12
Works on Icom also Time Owned: more than 12 months.
My Icom PRO3 quit transmitting and John found the problem real fast and he performed the repair plus did a overall check of the entire radio. He also repaired the display back light for my Icom 746PRO. Thanks John for the good and prompt service
W4OFR Rating: 2008-07-05
Revived my Kenwood TS-440-S Time Owned: more than 12 months.
After many years of faithful service, my TS-440-S "died" on me. A friend referred me to John for help. He was able to offer some suggestions over the 'phone to bring it back to life. When that didn't work, I sent the radio to John to check out. Not only did he get my rig working in a timely manner at a reasonable cost but, even took the time to redo a shoddy repair that had been done prior to my acquisition. The quality of his work is outstanding. This man is a perfectionist. I will not hesitate to use his services again and will refer someone to him with confidence. My 440 is back on the air working better than ever. Thanks, John, for a job well done.
W4EET Rating: 2008-06-26
Excellent service and a very nice person. Time Owned: 3 to 6 months.
My Kenwood TS940S had an intermitting display. It would cut out after the rig was on for about 10 minutes. I explained the problem to John. He told me that it needed to have his standard rework of solder joints on several boards. John has serviced an older Kenwood TS830 for me in the past and the work was excellent. I took the 940 to him for an overhaul. I also had him install wide transmit and receive filters, a CW filter, do some audio mods to improve the quality of the sound, and install a PIEXX CAT board. With my Heil Gold Line mic this rig has the classic Kenwood sound. The work again is fantastic. The rig sounded very nice when I brought it home. I added a GAP Hear It Now DSP module to the audio out which is then fed into a Kenwood SP-940 speaker. This thing sounds like a Hi-Fi set. I waited to list this review to try out the functions and see how it would act over time. No problems so far. All functions seem to work perfectly. John lubed the antenna tuner, set the voltage on the IF, and removed the rubber backing on the board. No heating problems, very stable and reliable. He also replaced the bulbs in the display. Overall excellent work, thanks John. I would highly recommend him to anyone.

73's
Mark
WA4ZKM Rating: 2008-06-05
Excellent service and attitude Time Owned: more than 12 months.
My 767 started drifting on receive. It had very few hours but was 20 years old. I searched "767 repair", found John and popped him an email (Sunday afternoon)with a description of the problem. He replied shortly, described the problem in detail and told me the fix. Anyway, I mailed it to him before I left on vacation. When I returned it was ready to ship back. Fixed, cleaned, adjusted, lamps, lithium batteries, recapped (including 2 meter module. The knob stainless rims even looked polished.

WOW, all for $150. Yaseau would have probably charged that much to turn the first screw.

73, wa4zkm
K4KZ Rating: 2008-06-05
Excellent Work! Time Owned: more than 12 months.
My Yaesu FT-920 stopped transmitting in May of 2008. After I read eham reviews of numerous repair companies, I emailed or called four or five of them based on their ratings and interest in working with Yaesus. Most did not call me back or email me, if at all, for several days. After some frustration, a friend, K4CUB, recommended KI4NR. When I called John, he said he was extremely busy, but would look at my rig. I shipped the rig to John on May 20 and received the repaired rig from John on June 5-a short turn around time in my opinion. The radio works great, his price was reasonable and I will use him again should I need additional repairs.

73s Lonnie K4KZ
N0XWR Rating: 2008-06-05
Another 5+++ Time Owned: more than 12 months.
John did a fantastic and timely repair on a TS-940 PLL Board for me. He diagnosed two faulty components and completely resoldered and defluxed the board. It looks like it was wave soldered. It was aligned and returned to me. It works perfect. He has since sent me pictures of some of his other work. Fantastic. He is busy but highly recommended. 73s Jerry N0XWR