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Just got one of these slightly used in box for $50.00.How do these compare to Galaxy radios?Someone told me they use same board?Would a DM452 mike sound good on this?I just happen to have an extra mike sitting around.

I just got a Realistic TRC414 radio cheap and it works well-when I inspected the inside I noticed the driver,final,and an IC were bolted to heatsinks but instead of the usual mica/thermal compound there was some thin gray material used as backing.It appears to be original from the factory so is...

My Cherokee 1000 works great but I had people say it's slightly off frequency-I noticed the coil seems to have been spread a little[maybe to gain some power].Would spreading the coil put it off freq slightly? :roll:

I was using cheap rg58 coax going to my Antron 99 and SWR about 1.3:1. Today replaced the cheap stuff with rg8x and now SWR at 1.6:1.Better coax,better connectors,why higher SWR?The only difference was using 17ft. of cable instead of 18ft.I had before.Still using 58 for jumpers-could there be a...

Do magnet mount antennas need some kind of capacitor to make up for the lack of a ground or does the magnetic field do that?I see magnet mounts for sale that just have the coax shield soldered to the magnet holder.

A lady gave me this thing her husband made-he was into ham radio.It's a metal box with a power cord and 2 lugs on the side for wires.On top of the box are a rocker switch,red and green lights,and what looks like a typical 4 pin mike socket.Inside the box are a transformer,12V mechanical...

I bought 2 radios at the flea today-one is a little Cobra 19DX I got for $5.00 that I will put in the wife's car [I use a 29LTD in my truck].The other was a NEW in the box SBE Tahoe vintage 40 channel that I paid $15.00 for.The SBE was never unpacked and is absolutely mint.I can't find much info...

My base is plugged in by necessity with some appliances and I get some line noise.The radio has a noise blanker but could I use a ferrite core or some other device to cut the noise?

I got one of these used and it works great but the foam windscreen is kaput.Is it necessary and where would I find one?

I discovered while installing new buttons that my Cherokee 1000 has the jumper mod to access bands A-J.Thanks to one of the websites I have a chart that shows what the freqs are on those bands but what would I use them for?Are they export or what's called freebands?Is there any advantage in...

I contacted these people about getting replacement buttons for a Cherokee 1000.They replied the next day and are going to send me the buttons with no payment until I receive them.It's rare for a company to do such a thing these days!

I have the opportunity to buy one of these with Sadelta echo master mike and Dosy test center with freq counter all for $250.00.Is this a good deal?I never heard of this radio but the guy says it has 5 bands?

I got a used Cherokee yesterday and so far it seems to work great-was able to DX on sideband to several states.The circuitry is different than any radio I've had before-some variable resistors I can play with but nothing to really make it swing or get more than 4 watts on AM.I have a small...

Would bad inductor coils cause symptoms like weak RX and TX? Are the inductor coils near the driver [L34,L32,L33] supposed to be black looking and able to turn on the wire?This is in a Cobra 142GTL.These are the only parts that look like they might be burned in the radio.Everything else seems to...

This thing is advertised as a book even novices can use for fast and easy cb repairs-I got it and it certainly is not for novices!Sure,it has some valuable information-if you're a tech and can understand all the gobbledegook!No diagrams-just a lot of text and some schematics I could have gotten...

I bought this meter but the 100 watt scale does not seem to work-no difference from 10 watt setting.I looked inside and wire going to switch seems bridged between 2 globs of solder-is this right or sloppy soldering from factory?

Already posted in tech section but I thought I would try here also-142 with weak receive and transmit? I replaced IC5 but no improvement-could I have both blown front end transistor and blown final?Schematic shows 1306 driver and 1969 final but I have 2166 driver with 1969 final-could this be a...

My 142 has weak receive and transmit-I replaced IC5 which I was told was a common problem with these radios.Replacing IC5 has made no difference-still weak rx and transmit only about 1.5 watts according to my cheap watt meter.My question is would a bad final or driver also affect receive?The...

I have a 142 with weak receive and weak transmit.I see that the 1306 transistor was replaced by someone with a 2166 transistor -could this be the problem?The 2166 is rated at 6watts while the 1306 is 16 watts. I also know that IC5 is a common problem with these radios-should I try replacing IC5...