Recent content by doffo

I will not go passed Windows 10. I barely went to it in 2021. :D After this? Going to some distribution of Linux. And even I dislike the way Linux is done with all its confusing files and scattered in a million folders. I miss the Commodore Amiga days... :)

Appreciate you with the information. Mobile is doing well and should be good to go for a long time. (I recapped the Cobra 146 GTL a couple years ago.)

I did relocate it to the back of the radio on the chassis so its now more sturdy. I did add two of the 10nf ceramic caps near each capacitor. Radio still seems happy. :) Thanks again!

Appreciate the feedback. I do have a 2nd 1000uf 35v cap off the clarifier potentiometer. I will see if I got some 10nf caps to put along the electrolytics. It looks heavy, but the part alltogether was very light weight. The board itself held the legs good, but I dont think it would break off...

Happy to report that using the 2 capacitors and a 7808 worked a treat. :) Just to be sure I wasn't imagining things, I hooked back up the other TRC-451, and it was off like i mentioned earlier. Put back my Cobra 146 GTL (The one I put the 7808 in.), and it is much better. I ended up using a...

Very much appreciated! My trusty Cobra 146 GTL out in the mobile will be brought in as well for some attention. :)

One more question, would this be the exact case for the Cobra 146 GTL as well?

Much appreciated. Thank you!

Now I am curious about this.... As I now have a TRC-458 sitting on my desk in front of me... It sounded ok on the air I suppose but now that has me wondering. Did the TRC-449 fall the same fate?!?!

Appreciate the input! It all kinda goes over my head, but now I realize that a simple 7808 will not be up to the task... In all honesty its ok on the air, but if one really wanted to keep it stable and not move between receive and transmit, that circuit design you drew up would be ideal!

Hello, It really didn't dawn on me until yesterday when i did the clarifier unlock on an old Realistic TRC-451. I have a Uniden Grant XL under my desk with its clarifier unlocked as well. When I go to transmit on one radio, and adjust the clarifier on the other, I can get it right on. But...

Pretty neat!

I read that wrong I think... One better solder the coax braid right?!?!

I heard his jamming first hand a few years ago when I drove into the Chicago area. That name sounded very familiar.

Never knew the difference until I heard it first hand. RM Italy 203P vs the Palomar Skipper is a big difference in SSB quality. Crackly SSB audio coming out of the RM Italy vs the crisp clean audio coming out of the Palomar Skipper.