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    vswr reacted to danmcclain's post in the thread Sams PhotoFacts Collection with Like Like.
    Let me check...
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    vswr replied to the thread Sams PhotoFacts Collection.
    I opened up a courier conquerer II today only to find that all the darn slugs were turned. It transmits fine, with my walkie I can hear...
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    vswr replied to the thread Sams PhotoFacts Collection.
    Thanks very much Dan. Now I can figure out why its not locking into the VCO when switched from am to lsb on channels higher than 30.
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    vswr reacted to danmcclain's post in the thread Sams PhotoFacts Collection with Like Like.
    Yes I have it... Give me a chance to scan it...
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    vswr reacted to danmcclain's post in the thread Sams PhotoFacts Collection with Like Like.
    Let me check...
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    vswr replied to the thread Sams PhotoFacts Collection.
    Hello Dan, hope you are well. Thanks to you and your effort supporting the hobby, I was able to repair avfewbof my radios. I sooo...
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    vswr replied to the thread Cobra 142 GTL.
    Did me some good reading about broadbanding methods. This was how it was done.
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    vswr replied to the thread Cobra 142 GTL.
    Im wondering if the display the same as the cobra 25 or 29? I need a 16 pin, 8 top, 8 bottom, center pins common, and common anode. I...
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    vswr replied to the thread Cobra 142 GTL.
    The radio talked to me today. It told me to remove that black box, remove the cap underneatch and repair the cut run, and remove that...
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    vswr replied to the thread Cobra 142 GTL.
    Yeah. Its going back on the shelf once fixed. This is what people did pre- export radio days. Added a watt or 2 and lost their mod, pull...
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    vswr reacted to brandon7861's post in the thread Cobra 142 GTL with Haha Haha.
    If radios could talk, this thing would jump into your arms begging for help. If we had a name to go along with the work, I would...
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    vswr replied to the thread Cobra 142 GTL.
    No problem. I peel that crap out in the morning.
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    vswr reacted to brandon7861's post in the thread Cobra 142 GTL with Haha Haha.
    That varactor mess needs to get removed, don't just add to it. Take that SMD crap completely out of there, a friggin' LED light would...
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    vswr replied to the thread Cobra 142 GTL.
    I wonder if I put in another varactor in paralell with CT3 if that would give me more tuning range...
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    vswr replied to the thread Cobra 142 GTL.
    It could be a home made type of varactor. Diode and capacitor. But its mote. It proved to make a minor clarifier change when bypassed