Recent content by Switch Kit

Rolled the dice and nabbed it for 50.00 shipped . Looks all original to me . On high 12 watts in on SSB 125 pep watts all day , low side about 70 . very clean audio on SSB (none of that snap crackle pop crap from class C ) Seems to like 1 watt on AM with about 16 watts pep swing about 30 DK from...

(In the cleanest of ways) weather it's 100 watts and you would need 400 watts for another S Unit ................It would seem to me that more power is more power ? weather it's a quarter of a S unit or even 1/2 of a S unit more , might that little extra be helpful all the same ? You would...

Thanks to all who have participated in this thread . (I can't believe I read the whole thing !) Copy on the noise floors on these radios , no big deal to me with the Noise Reduction set at 2 or 3. (Hell ! They make people sound great without the hash and trash) Weather they have the big...

Thanks to everyone for the input , this one from Amazon looks pretty trick ! Way cool. Thanks 399 thumbs up !

https://www.ebay.com/itm/174115245314?mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5336136228&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1 , Depending on the size and fit on this 148 , I was hoping something like this would work better because the radio has a very hefty slider on it . I used one once...

Was hoping someone could steer me in the right direction on finding a 10 turn pot that would work on a old school 148 GTL's clarifier , one that might fit one way or the other. Much thanks ! Switch Kit

Good elements in these cheaply built mics , they sound good ! as did the old Cobra coffin mic's , but they were built tough . In a pinch , these cheap mics will get the job done nicely.

Anytone's without some kind of noise floor on them ? Using the RF Gains to quiet things down ? Mans gotta do what mans gotta do for his own listening comfort . (Thumbs up ) I got the well known and praised AT6666 last year , the noise floor was not pleasant at all , especially after running...

Thank you much Nomad , I guess somebody just wanted to label them as a true Sideband transistor .

Real Toshiba 2879s (100 watt devices) X 2 = 200 watts . (I do not like those variables on what they call HD boxes , I agree with what Freecell and 9C1 said) Running those at about 200 to 240 PEP with a good VSWR should smoothly and nicely run those boxes for a long time to come. You want to see...

I've heard it said over the years that MRF 454's are a true side band transistor .........Can someone explain to me why this is ? ........are they any truer then the Toshiba's or any other transistors along those lines ? Is there something that makes the MRF 454's special when it comes to SSB...

Great price with adaptor and shipping ! Same board as the Stryker 955 ..........The new noise reduction on these put my Quad 6 in the backseat ! Wish this deal was around 2 months ago. Hands down a great deal on this one.

I did go over the caps and they all looked like they were correct . Failing audio chip ? interesting , this radio has the UPC 1182H ? It basically sounds like it's trying to receive when turned on (white noise) you can get above that noise with turning the volume up , it tends to knock out the...

I honestly do not know ? The power is good , alignment and transmit is good ........on the dummy load you can't even rf gain or squelch the noise out , (although you can hear them working , just not taking the noise out) it's always there and the weird part is you can kind of hear a snap...

This radio has been recapped , the power off the dual 1969 transistors is great and the alignment is right on the money . The problem is when you turn the radio on you hear static coming in with the volume turned all the way down with or without antenna or dummy load connected ? As you turn the...