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I got one of these used and it works great but the foam windscreen is kaput.Is it necessary and where would I find one?

There's a guy who sells the base conversion unit on Ebay-Get yourself some metal fence post sections at home depot [one thet fits inside the other] use those for a mast and secure to the house with a strap or wires.Clamp an A99 antenna to it and run a ground wire to plumbing or a ground rod.Then...

Actually,the Dosy is close to the other for rms but shows more swing on pep.You would think the Dosy would be more accurate than the $15.00 pdc5 that I have.The 100 watt scale on the pdc5 doesn't work due to the sloppy soldering inside the unit.The Dosy also shows a slight increase in SWR-from...

I don't really intend to use the extra channels but it seems a lot of people mod their radios to get extra channels.I was wondering what the purpose was for doing that-are they scofflaws or just doing it because they can?

I discovered while installing new buttons that my Cherokee 1000 has the jumper mod to access bands A-J.Thanks to one of the websites I have a chart that shows what the freqs are on those bands but what would I use them for?Are they export or what's called freebands?Is there any advantage in...

My equipment works,I can talk all over the country on sideband,and it didn't cost a fortune.Put that in your pipe and smoke it! :wink:

Got myself a Dosy test center so pdc5 not being used anymore.

Well,I can't afford a Bird wattmeter so I have to rely on what I have!The Dosy test center is certainly better than what I was using and has PEP which the other meter does not have.

The Northpoint radios are available if you look for one-not refurbed because the new ones are made in Korea instead of the Phillipines.People are buying them because you can't get a ssb base for that kind of money and I would rather have something made in Korea instead of China.Just read the...

I tried both of those years ago when I didn't know any better-total junk!Better off with an unappealing mag mount -at least you can remove it and your signal will get out.

I hooked up the Dosy and wired the Sadelta to my Cherokee 1000-they both work great and according to the Dosy my radio is working better than I thought!Must be more sensitive than the cheap pdc5 meter I was using.

Well,as it turned out the Excalibur was junk-no transmit and while I was testing it the receive started going bad.So I didn't buy the radio but the guy offered me the Sadelta and Dosy for $50.00 and I bought those from him.Both work fine and the mike even has a "tweety' noise toy in it that can...

I contacted these people about getting replacement buttons for a Cherokee 1000.They replied the next day and are going to send me the buttons with no payment until I receive them.It's rare for a company to do such a thing these days!

You have too much money! :D

I have the opportunity to buy one of these with Sadelta echo master mike and Dosy test center with freq counter all for $250.00.Is this a good deal?I never heard of this radio but the guy says it has 5 bands?

The used Cherokee 1000 I just got was made in the Phillipines.I know what you mean about the pushbuttons-I am missing 4 buttons but a short piece of dowel activates the switches just fine.I was able to DX on sideband barefoot to several states today with good reports on my signal.If the new...

I got a used Cherokee yesterday and so far it seems to work great-was able to DX on sideband to several states.The circuitry is different than any radio I've had before-some variable resistors I can play with but nothing to really make it swing or get more than 4 watts on AM.I have a small...

The 142 will be going on Fleabay soon-I will give an honest description of it unlike the person I got it from.I posted on craigslist about wanting a base sideband and today an old ham operator offered me a Cherokee 1000 that works for $20.00.I drove 35 miles to his house and bought it-it's...

I am done trying to fix my 142 GTL.A tech with the proper knowledge and equipment could probably get it going but I am not putting any more money in this radio.I am looking for a new radio-no more used junk!

Talkback allows you to hear what you sound like when transmitting.Some radios have a talkback circuit built in but you can buy an external speaker with talkback.It's good for checking your modulation or adjusting the echo[if you have echo].I just bought a talkback speaker but it squeals if mike...