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68/78 Series. Hell, One I just got, the metal face plate is already starting to peel and the top cover wasn't made right. So you have to really push it on one side towards the face for the screw holes to line up. And it needs case screws already. Barely any pressure and the heads try to strip...

How can it be done? I heard Cobras can be done by removing or adding a diode. Is it the same with Uniden? 9 is useless nowdays but 19 still is so would like to have that on instant instead. I've sent 3 radios off now and keep forgetting to tell the tech, Lol.

Not having any solvent makes removal a pain like none other. Got 98% out but alot of it went down into the holes for component legs. Sending it off to Mike for it to be finished. Also seen it has some scratches on the PCB silkscreen so I put some clear nail polish to cover the bare copper. After...

I tried calling as i'm a phone person when ordering work done myself. He doesn't answer hardly and has a full voicemail. The 142's are nice. I ordered one off fleabay and should have it by the second coming of christ if fedex moves at their normal rate.... Buyers should have the option of who...

It, A Realistic, And a SBE Console V were in the haul. All 3 came from the back room of a shop in a abandoned condition mobile home. It was known as the junkyard and all were wrote off. The SBE cleaned up very nicely and does work to a point. Goes full squelch when turned on. Has some BAD solder...

Thats true. I got a Cobra 142 that is dead now because of where it was stored for who knows how long. It was a disgusting environment to say the least that stayed damp and hot all summer and cold all winter with a leaky roof above it in a room full of other radios.... It would take to much to...

L50 is on another radio that is inline for a full servicing. I wouldn't say "bad" experience but in the emails, 100% modulation was specified from him. Other than the low modulation issue and my thinking of how I wanted the glue removal done (Completely) and his way of thinking what does and...

Exactly. I don't want to have a failure years later with a unobtainim part because that glue....

Then why is it known as being bad after a long time and start causing damage?

So the bright yellow junk IS the glue after all? My 68 is LOADED with it. I can't believe this...

I keep hearing about this "glue" that when it gets old, It gets hard, corrosive, and some what conductive after years of age. I know it looks brown with age but what does it look like new? I sent two radios off to have it removed and they both came back with just the large chunks missing with...

I say analog is more reliable from my experiences in both personal use and at work now. When you had low signal strength, With analog, The message could still be communicated. Digital, If you don't meet a certain threshold of data content, forget it. Seen it last night actually. I work with...

I was being very sarcastic, Lol. I'd love to do commerical RF as a career but I'm into analog more than anything as it seems to be a little more "reliable" than digital. And there is way more math that I've ever really learned period involved.

Now my head megahertz..... It takes that large of a jump to make a difference? So basically, Get a 200 and call it good? Now to figure out the 4:1 ratio on the radios to achieve great audio and decent tx power..... Rf is so fun on the mathematical side and calculating what is to what and..... Lol.

It is. So is the math on doubling. I thought 12 doubled up was 24 and so on.

My 68 has terrible RX like most of my radios normally do. High noise floor, not the greatest adjacent reject, etc... Great TX though. I wouldn't call what it got a "tune". Limiter got cut, couple VRs turned, and bam. Typical truck stop crap. This was way before I knew about internet shops and...

I've got two little will mag mounts as most know. Both are using everything factory currently. Down to the horrendous coax on them. I tore one down and seen it had no washer under coil end where the star nut tightens down onto the plastic effectively a very weak connection. Haven't pulled the...

Had two factory fresh PC 78LTW radios sent off for a full alignment and open for max performance. Before, typical hash and trash, all that good stuff. Couldn't make contact with no one. Modulation on internal meter was "eh" at best. Tonight I put one in the truck for the drive into work...

What Nomadradio is saying is, Nothing to do with "wires" per se. If you are volting the radio, You will kill it. No more, And I mean no more than 14.7 VDC and thats PUSHING it.... Ideal is 12.5 -14.5 VDC steady and clean. A 68 doesn't do 12 DK and swing into 28 off just a "peak and tune"...

Interesting the amount of power to strength gain. My next question is, To see any noticeable increase in signal strength off 12-ish watts PEP input, What size (amount) of "enhancer" would I need to run? 100? 200? 3? There is a ton of noise in my area no matter where you are and sometimes, radio...