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PostPosted: Tue Jul 08, 2025 11:36 am 

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So I recently picked up 100 or so 1990's Spectra Radios. These are not the easiest items to break down. Anyway, one of the boards that these radios contain appeared to be low grade at first glance. However, out of curiosity I broke the porcelain off of what I assume are transistors. There appears to be gold under them. Check the pictures below. Would these still be considered low grade? If they are, I'm thinking I should break these items off and stash them away. Btw, this is the first time messing with motorola radios. I'm thinking they are a good item to keep an eye out for.


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PostPosted: Tue Jul 08, 2025 12:08 pm 
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I sent this higher up. You should get a reply here shortly.

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 08, 2025 1:50 pm 
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Those will be low peripheral. Not much going on chip wise and they look fairly heavy for what they contain.


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PostPosted: Wed Jul 09, 2025 7:04 am 

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Thank you for the heads up. Initially I just figured these were low grade


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PostPosted: Tue Jul 15, 2025 5:44 am 

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I've came across those ceramic things a few times, and I think they might be worth cherry picking off boards.


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