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  • nomadradio
    Not a fault I've seen. Not sure where to look for the PLL's lock detector signal on that one. Might be worth seeing what a 'scope...
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    nomadradio replied to the thread Henry 2K4.
    Traditional shunt resistor for a grid-current meter is connected from B-minus to ground. But that assumes that the B-minus "floats" and...
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    Any chance that it thinks it's stuck in transmit? Pretty sure this is what it will do if power is applied with the mike keyed. A circuit...
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    nomadradio replied to the thread Compressor.
    Can't tell from the pic which of the three options was used. Connect only the pin 2 wire, only the pin 4 wire or connect both of them...
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    nomadradio replied to the thread phillips 300 ssb cb.
    Alignment for a Uniden Washington or Cobra 142 would be a lot closer. 73
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    nomadradio reacted to 928bolo's post in the thread Lou Franklin with Like Like.
    Looked him up on the Reverse Beacon Network. He was last seen 2 days ago working 20 meters CW.
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    Won't get the time to try that before the weekend. Got customer traffic the rest of the week. 73
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    Static discharge, far as I know. 73
  • nomadradio
    Finally drew it up to match the pics. And the radio. 73
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    nomadradio replied to the thread Compressor.
    Somebody has modded the mike socket. Just how well they did it, you'll find out. If it says "Uniden" it was built with the 5-pin mike. 73
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    nomadradio replied to the thread Midland 77-888 Radio..
    Bigggest drawback of the rigid metal-body adapters is the leverage. Even a light pull on the mike cord turns into leverage against the...
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    nomadradio replied to the thread Compressor.
    The original 4-pin Washington radio with the uPD858 inside bore the brand President. It was made for only one year, 1978. Then the FCC...
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    Hmm. Does leave the question of carrier-crystal frequencies up in the air. We're accustomed to poking the center pin of a coax jumper...
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    nomadradio replied to the thread Compressor.
    Or you could install our 4-pin mike socket adapter. Only uses pins 1,2 and 3. Pin 4 can be hacked as "phantom" power for a mike with...
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    nomadradio replied to the thread Compressor.
    This the basic design found in the Yaesu FT-101 radio before inflation made them leave it out from the "EE" models. Processing the RF...