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I wanted to pass along this deal to others that may want a quality dynamic replacement mic. In the past I have purchased the Uniden BC645 electret condenser mics. This two pack of so called “walkie speaker mics” contain 500 ohm dynamic cartridges, not the same as the original BC645. They are pre...

One of the best iconic musical scores ever IMO. Wow! That’s a very large orchestra. I wonder how much money each participant is being paid. No doubt not enough….

Shortly after the 352 hit the market I received one for free. Not from the factory, but from a disgruntled wife of a CB’er. It seems he was spending too much of his life on the CB instead of paying attention to her needs. During a heated argument she slammed the radio against the wall. The...

This is J8KE, the so called shedder guitarist that occasionally played with the Graystones. One more time, into the wee hours I go…….

I was up half the night listening to these kids videos. The bass player is my favorite.

Thanks!

I’m in the final process of enhancing the Johnson Messenger 223 service manual with spliced schematic (Sam’s 23). I need to know the value of resistor R28 so I can redraw that part. Later I’ll post my enhancements upon completion.

Mildly Enhanced version of the 78-999 service manual with separate stitched schematic.

Enhanced version of the Courier Royal.

Enhanced version of the Ray-Tel TWR-4

This is my redone service manual and schematic on the Cobra 132A.

This is my stitched and enhanced schematic of the Pearce Simpson Panther SSB. This one includes the missing audio amp section that was on page 63.

This is a little enhancement plus cleaning on that schematic. I did see there is a very small part of the schematic missing that got cut off on the far right boundary. I’ll be happy to splice in that missing part if that area ever gets scanned again.

I use prescription glasses from the VA for reading. Both eyes are not exactly the same, but for reading they come very close to the cheap 3.5 strength glasses found in stores. I often use those as a substitute. That strength doubles every time I wear one pair over the top of the other. This...

The term “strapped” in my early days referred to the jumping of wires across various resistors for the purpose of increasing power in the final output stages of tube radios. The words “locked or unlocked” were never applied to the early 23 channel SSB radios. The clarifiers on those early...

New Cobra 139 enhanced scans with spliced schematic.

I appreciate the effort with scanning the Cobra 139, but the pages were too blurry to reap a considerable amount of the information. I have book 59. Given a little time I will gladly post an enhance manual, and splice together the schematic. Meanwhile, be advised that CBTricks has the...

Thanks for the scans. This is the spliced and cleaned version of your schematic.

Regardless, most of my Goodwill radio buys are under $12, shipping included. For me its a small price to pay for all the needed parts I receive such as finals, cans, crystals, PLL chips, mic cartridges, to name a few. I can’t afford to buy a NOS part or a part someone else pulled every time I...

Although Goodwill prices have gone up like everything else, I still buy from them on occasion. Anyway, I usually buy low cost single bidder radios that are needed to repair a similar radio. If both radios are restored in the end, that’s a bonus. If someone else trumps my starter bid, I usually...