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  1. Turbogus

    My 11 meter station

    Thanks guys, Since getting the 142 back from the shop, turned out to be a mic. contact problem that I fixed with a pipe cleaner:oops: I really like the classic looking radios and from research I did before I bought this 142 looked very favorable. Been eyeing an old Turner +2 on EBay that...
  2. Turbogus

    Cobra 142 tx problem

    :w00t: The radio checked out fine! Turns out there was a gremlin what shoved some gook into the microphone plug
  3. Turbogus

    Cobra 142 tx problem

    Well, they received my rig at The CB Shop in Ontario Ca., and will get started on it this week. I'm thinking finals but will post what they find. :bdh:
  4. Turbogus

    Smokey & the Bandit.

    I'd just like to know whose brand of air horns were on snowmans truck, want to get 'em on mine:thumbup1:
  5. Turbogus

    Cobra 142 tx problem

    While mechanically inclined, (auto repair, engine rebuilding, etc.) and I'm no stranger to adding drives and cards to my computer, I'm a rank novice to electronics. I wouldn't even know what my finals would look like :crying: Hooking the amp to my mobile radio yielded nominal results, so it...
  6. Turbogus

    KL - 501

    Hmmm, I wonder if the RM KLV 250's suffer from this distortion issue as well, in five years I've hear no remarks from folks I'm chatting with.
  7. Turbogus

    Palomar Question

    Howdy, I'm running the Palomar E-250 coupled with a Stock Uniden 538 XLW, they've been connected and stable for over 12 years now with no failures, perhaps different chips in mine
  8. Turbogus

    Cobra 142 tx problem

    For anyone that may be watching this thread just got a verbal reccomendation from William for a Magnum tech shop in Ontario CA that's much closer to PacNW folks LL #909-390-5056. Well, just going to send 'er in to The CB Shop in Ontario, CA and see what they can find:headbang Update...
  9. Turbogus

    My 11 meter station

  10. Turbogus

    Cobra 142 tx problem

    Greetings from Oregon - the shower me state, I'm Gus and I have an old 142 rig that's been serving faithfully until a couple of years back. While the unit receives 5x5, the transmitting modulation is near 0% by the gauge. The SWR seems okay and it's mated to an A-99 Antron antenna with RG8...
  11. Turbogus

    Cobra 142 tx problem

    Disregard double transmission please