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check the "sticky threads" section at the top of this forum, just above where you see your thread posted. in there you will find links to service info. search around until you find your radio or its equivalent because you need a road map to really do any repair. without knowing what equipment...

399 out here single handedly bringing back CB radio in Colombia. It's really good to hear that you are so busy with repair work and even better to hear that there is an actual CB community forming down there! To answer your question i think shopgoodwill.com always has some old CB radios for...

yes. when you switch to KHZ it will drop off the first digit. that's why it's a "secret" 1hz resolution counter! LC

Here's a little known "secret". This counter will do 1hz resolution with a 1 second gate time. https://www.ebay.com/itm/156147111428?mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5336136228&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1 it will also do .1hz resolution with a 10 second gate time. yes it's...

Also, Brandon if you're looking for something that you can leave on all the time and is about the most accurate calibration you can get, look into getting a GPSDO. they can be had for less than 100 dollars on the bay. LC

i bought one of these years ago: https://www.ebay.com/itm/363166951770?mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5336136228&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1 I checked it against a known calibrated lab counter we had at work and the damn thing was dead on to .1hz. Ive been using it since...

holy crap nomad. that's a great idea. i'll try it the next time i do a san jian counter on an 858 radio.

the mic gain control on a CB radio is not actually a gain control at all. It's an attenuator. Mic gain set at max is zero, and you can go down from there. All radios get aligned with the mic gain at max, so if someone has a radio that sounds like crap with the mic gain turned up, they have...

This video explains a change they made in the malaysian 148's. the video pretty much explains what they did and how to change it to be the same as the older 148's. this could be the reason for your audio hum. LC

Well i guess it's about that time of year to bump this old post back to the top. Merry Christmas to all forum members and friends! I believe Santa may have upgraded from a sleigh to a drone. LC

I saw that he'd moved over to Rumble earlier this year. However you can see from the videos there that he was making around 5 videos each month. The last video he made is from about a month ago, and one of the titles is "the last 2000GTL SS". I did converse with him on his live chat a couple...

Hello all, Well as of today i can confirm that two long time CB related channels are now gone. SnakeRadioCustoms was Tim's CB shop channel and it has been gone for a month or so now. word is that Tim has retired and sold off all his gear/stock to someone who is interested in getting into the...

That Drive control is a matching control, not a level setting control. It should be peaked for max, not set for a desired output level. as can be seen in the diagram below, it is matching the output impedance of the two driver tubes to the input impedance of the five final tubes. LC

wow! thank you Danzik and Nomad for all that info! it is very appreciated. Now i just have to figure out what tube/tubes i want to run. i do have a 6 volt 20 amp transformer lying around somewhere... LC

Sorry about the confusion, this is the relay i need a part number for. thanks!!!

I think all the tubes should have a parasitic setup on them, but i believe that mine looks exactly like your pic shows, with one tube not having one. As for expected power output, when i bought mine on ebay 20 or so years ago, i used it without even opening the lids, and i believe i was getting...

To bring this back around to Secret Squirrel's original question; one thing that hasn't changed is that when kids get around 14 years old, they are exposed to more adult conversations and topics. When you're 8, and your parents are talking about politics at the dinner table, you don't even have...

Holy Crap Danzik! that's the first time ive seen another Eagle VIII in over 20 years! Its the only other example ive ever seen really. For the benefit of the forum, and future searchers, can you take some internal pics? Close ups of the PC boards tops and bottoms would be beneficial for me...

thanks to both of you for the replies! Looks like i saved some money at least LOL. Ranch55, are those the chokes you are using for replacements in texas stars? also, knowing that you've done a lot of work on these amps, have you ever seen R5 and R6 removed? LC

Hi all, I've had to replace these before, but it's been a couple of years now, and apparently they are not available right now. So i found these JW miller chokes and am hoping to use them as alternates...