Recent content by Smokinone

Thanks again, about 15 watts now with the repaired diode, good n clean audio

Good eye. I didn't see it till you brought it to my attention. Will get it back together and re test. Thanks much. Always great help on this forum, that's one of the reasons I'm here every day.

This 25LTD Classic now showing 4.5 watts dead key, and swings to about 30watts according to my WM-1. Can that be right? The Mectron I just re-capped swings to about 15 watts on the WM-1, it's probably a little earlier production than the Cobra. I'm guessing the 25LTD Classic is maybe 1983...

Working on a 25 LTD Classic for my nephews truck. It's an older Taiwan model that has been sitting in the garage for years, his, not mine. I didn't get a pic but the speaker side of the cover had all the wax and stuff on one side that had leaked from the board. No big deal, cleaned up nicely...

Agreed. Also keeps someone from messing with the antenna if you're parked against the curb putting it in easy reach of pedestrians.

22 caps replaced. The 1000uf were spot on, but most of the smaller ones were higher than normal with higher vloss and ESR according to my T7 meter. No shorted or bad caps found.OSCAR branded. Good receive as it had, keys up to about 3.5 watts and swings to 14 watts according to my WM-1.

I didn't have the schematic so thanks for that. As far as my skills, I can follow along fine with a service manual, some basic troubleshooting, but really have no formal training other than a basic electronics class I had in 1980...which was all book and no practical or lab...didn't really...

Nothing remarkable on the back panel, 1 cable marked CB, 1 marked radio, and an input for the car antenna.

The idea behind these to key up and when the red led lights up you are good to go?

Does anybody have any information on this radio? Other than a user manual I can't seem to find anything. The one I have looks perfect, receives great, I haven't keyed it. I will save that for after a re-cap maybe. Meishoh Electronics Co., Ltd. is the maker, and they also made LAKE CB radios...

Good girl

Don't know the hole size, and I've asked as well. I think he may be abandoning the idea now as I don't have any free solutions laying around. Thanks to all for the thoughts. This what I found that might work if the hole was 1", https://www.rfparts.com/mm-1.html. I think it's the one...

From what I see, this doesn't have the integrated CB antenna. I do appreciate your input though. Also it's not complete. There's a Citizen brand on the bay that does have the CB antenna capability, but it is for a Corvette and is a flat type mount where the truck is angled. Having had several...

Thanks, I'll keep a look out. Well, my nephew has a lot of ideas, and he usually passes them onto me for some kind of solution. We've pulled a few rabbits out of a hat to get him going. Maybe the old standby antenna...a coat hanger. But I don't think he has the base. He wants to stay old...

Looking for any ideas on mounting an antenna on a vintage truck in the original fender hole. I was thinking possibly an original type antenna, if I can find one, with a match box...but only as a last effort. Just gonna be hooking up a Cobra 25 for more nostalgia, but function as well. My...