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    nomadradio replied to the thread 10 turn pot in a robyn 520d.
    Might be in the "Secret CB" archive on cbtricks.org. 73
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    nomadradio replied to the thread 10 turn pot in a robyn 520d.
    Ah, "10-turn" as in clarifier control? This would suggest that you expanded the coverage of the clarifier way beyond the factory's range...
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    Here is the most information about the Siltronix 1011 and the Swan-branded versions you'll find on the web. Scroll down the page to the...
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    nomadradio replied to the thread Yihua 948D-I.
    Nice job! Don't see a lot of foil-pad damage. We had one of those. Daily use will grind it down faster than a Hakko, but if you only use...
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    If you'll have a look at the solder side of the front corner of the main pc board, under the channel selector, you should see a handful...
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    Pull all the fuses. Put them back, one only at first. See if your receive-side current draw is there. If not, put in the next fuse and...
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    nomadradio replied to the thread SWR before linear.
    So, if the SWR indicated by the radio only rises when the amplifier is keyed and putting out power, this means that the amplifier's...
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    Found it. https://www.worldwidedx.com/threads/cobra-2000-gtl-frequency-counter-issue.270560/post-864557 73
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    The walkout method is what I use. Much easier to suck the solder from a hole when there's no lead wire in it. Pretty sure I posted...
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    I thought for sure I had snapped pics of a Clipperton some time in the last 23 years. Didn't find any. I know we lost a few folders of...
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    nomadradio replied to the thread Galaxy radios is dead.
    The ability to find a knob in the dark without taking eyes off the road will continue to be a selling point to drivers. Too bad the...
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    All 10 or 11 of them. It's an old-age/mileage problem. Once the first one or two go bad, the rest of them won't be far behind...
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    Ah, seems like a self-explanatory kind of modification. But only if you have already done it, I suppose. Bypassing the band switch is a...
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    nomadradio replied to the thread Galaxy radios is dead.
    I'm so old I remember when 10 meters was dead as a post, and some folks were agitating to expand the overcrowded CB allocation up above...
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    nomadradio replied to the thread HOW DO TUBES NORMALLY GO?.
    Used to have a couple of 6JS6 or 6JE6 tubes that had softened the glass on opposite sides where the anode got hottest. One of them was...