Recent content by Hurricane145

I imagine that's why you don't see them anymore. I have on on a Cobra 132XLR mic. It is just nicer to screw on or off the radio than the newer ones. I haven't run across one until I (just) got this Cobra.

I'll have to watch for them at the swapmeets.

Does anyone still make this kind of mic plug anymore or are they a thing of the past? Much nicer for screwing or unscrewing it onto the rig. This is on an older Cobra mic for a 132XLR I have.

I have a Northpoint (Cherokee) CBS1000 with burned out meter lamps. Are they mounted outside of the meters over the top? It looks like it from some videos of the rig I watched but I am not certain. If I take the knobs and front panel off does that make them accessible to replace them? Also are...

Everyone is 59 in a contest. Just the way it is. Some contest logging programs default to that. It is more like a computer "handshake" than anything else. It is saying, here comes the exchange so be ready. Then serial numbers or your state or zone etc. whatever the rest of the exchange is. If...

That sort of thing was much easier 34 years ago!! Now where did I put the ibuprofen??

I wasn't active when the change went to 40 channels so my nostalgia is for the older 23 channel rigs that I drooled over back then. I wouldn't collect but a very few of them. I would rather actually "use" the 40 channel models especially if they include SSB. A 23 channel SSB rig doesn't do much...

Okay. Seem to have it all fixed now. I did the diode tester thing with my DMM and it went full scale no problem. Then I adjusted VR3 a little to get the indicated output to 4 watts. Maybe it's a bit high but that's okay. Now in receive, the noise level reads close to the same as my IC-7600 does...

I will back up a couple steps and try the diode tester on my DMM and see what happens as well as what you suggested. Thanks.

Saw this post a little late as already have been messing with the meter. I did the acetone thing to both top and bottom screws. Used a couple Q tips to clean things up around the screws. It is working better than it was. Not much at all on the band when I have wanted to try it out to see how it...

Thanks you guys! It looks like that is the problem with it. I've not run into that before. If you take the meter out to replace it you may as well try to fix it as in that video first. Looks like a new meter is about $15 but then there is the shipping cost too so I'd figure $25 roughly for a...

I picked up a Uniden PC66XL at a swap meet for 5 bucks the day before yesterday. It has the mic with it but that's all. It looks almost like new. Upon powering it up, it appears that everything works except the meter doesn't read any power output nor does it seem to work as an S meter although...

Most places for buying ham gear do. I usually stick with HRO but they are just down in Portland and I am in Seattle so shipping is very fast, sometimes next day. DX Engineering is also very good and sometimes Gigaparts. Sorry to hear you had this problem, it shouldn't happen with new gear ever...

I would try very hard to get something as new as possible even if it is used. Just less possible trouble over the long run. IC-7300 or a Kenwood TS-590 should be trouble free for a long time if cared for. I still use a IC-7600 that I bought when they first came out. I've been a ham for 53 years...

MFJ used to market a "Cantenna" dummy load but they went out of business recently. You may find one still in stock at HRO or DX Engineering or some other ham gear outlet. Call around and see if you can find one but don't wait too long. I do often see them at ham radio swap meets but that is hit...