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    Hawkeye351 posted the thread 142 low transmit in General CB Services Discussion.
    Got an old Cobra 142 GTL on the desk today. Issue: Low transmit in all modes. This radio belongs to a local that I talk to on a daily...
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    Hawkeye351 reacted to dave457's post in the thread Var. RMS? with Like Like.
    D Rail
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    Hawkeye351 reacted to brandon7861's post in the thread Var. RMS? with Like Like.
    Could be a fancy way of saying there's an adjustable speech compressor inside
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    Hawkeye351 reacted to nomadradio's post in the thread Var. RMS? with Like Like.
    Like P.T. Barnum said. "There's a sucker born every minute". 73
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    Hawkeye351 replied to the thread Var. RMS?.
    I will say this about it: He praises this guy down south, as many other people do. He paid over 1200 bucks to have those two controls...
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    Hawkeye351 reacted to nomadradio's post in the thread Var. RMS? with Like Like.
    Until I see a schematic that's all they are. Just another flavor of secret sauce. Ideally the radio's RMS power at full modulation...
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    Hawkeye351 replied to the thread Var. RMS?.
    Yes it is a Stryker, 497 I believe. This guy that owns the radio works on tube amps, very good at it too. He sends all his radios off...
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    Hawkeye351 reacted to Captain Kilowatt's post in the thread Var. RMS? with Like Like.
    The amp could not produce full peak power on the ten amp supply. It was being starved for current. Running it off the 20 amp supply...
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    Hawkeye351 reacted to Naysayer's post in the thread Var. RMS? with Like Like.
    I wondered that too and I look forward to a good Answer. You're writing about the Striker radio, right? The mod adds 2 controls to the...
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    Hawkeye351 reacted to Shadetree Mechanic's post in the thread Var. RMS? with Like Like.
    I believe having variable RMS allows the user to maximize the output of an amplifier. Or maybe wring every last watt out of it, is what...
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    Hawkeye351 reacted to TM86's post in the thread Var. RMS? with Like Like.
    I don't know for sure, but I would guess he's talking about a variable carrier. You could ask him to demonstrate it on air and see it...
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    Hawkeye351 posted the thread Var. RMS? in CB Radio Modifications.
    Got a question... There's a local around here that speaks often about his radio having two separate controls mounted on the back of his...
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    Hawkeye351 reacted to TM86's post in the thread Cobra 148GTL xmit freq issue with Haha Haha.
    Time to give it a name. "Smokey" sounds like a good name for it.
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    Hawkeye351 replied to the thread Cobra 148GTL xmit freq issue.
    Yep, it was my frequency counter. Hooked one of my other freq counters up, realigned radio, dead on the money now. I guess running 400w...
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    Hawkeye351 replied to the thread Cobra 148GTL xmit freq issue.
    Thanks Brandon and TM for popping in. Yes, the coarse and fine tune controls were centered. The oscillators (34-35 mhz) align perfectly...
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