Recent content by CBtalker205

Come on guys now its almost 100 views and still no helpful advice. You can leave the wise cracks behind and please give something good.

Well that was a waste of time reading the first two steps of an amp build. Too bad we didn't get the rest of the build. On another note hope RF is still around.

Come on folks, 40 views and nobody has any advice? Anything is more helpful than nothing.

Well this is the way I do my stuff but some say it is over kill and others, mostly my neighbors, say it helps with bleed over to thier TVs and other equipment in thier house. Ok for starters, the antennea should be grounded. To do this I use a piece of solid copper any gauge wire, and ground...

I have a Texas Star 350HDV that was having relay problems. The TX relay was stuck in the transmit position. I bought a new one from Mouser and installed it. I hooked every thing back up and turned it on and saw smoke comming from the RF choke. I was told by a tech that the choke did not need to...

If I'm not mistaken you would have to use a resister with a lower resistence. That should take care of the feed back.

Yeah sorry thats what I meant to say. Just got ahead of myself. LOL but thank you for the correction

Now I'm no tech but most of the time I use a 100W/ 1 Ohm resister between the PA and Excternal speaker jack inside the radio. I usualy put a switch inline as well so you can turn it of if you want.

I have a Texas Star 350 HDV that was the best addition to my equipment since my Cobra 148. But anyway down to business, the RX relay got stuck and was keyed up full time. I bought a new relay from Mouser and installed it. Put the amp in line and turned it on. Immediatly I saw smoke from the back...