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RT2020 guessed good. I too believe its a Superstar of some sorts. Maybe the 3900? Superstar SS-3900 Black

Before I forget, here is a picture of the new screws next to the old ones. The lock washers I bought are 7/64" in size #4-40 off eBay. Screw length is 1/4.

Been busy, but I am happy to report back... Replacing the 4 resistors did the trick. :) Thanks to Nomad for the screw thread sizes, they worked like a charm. (The one hole that had that broken off screw, one did go back in, but at a slightly different angle, but not too extreme. Probably the...

Gool ol PC 76XL radios. I think I only have 2 of those floating somewhere in the garage. Might be a good candidate for me to put out in the mobile for a good AM radio. (I currently have a PC68XL in there, but needs to be brought back inside for some attention.) I have fun on AM just as much as...

Its been quite fun running the Realistic TRC-449. Something that needs to happen for this radio is recapping it. I did replace that one tantalum in the back years ago for a 50v, but other then that I dont think ive recapped it.

To confirm, Yes, JV17 is the jumper that is the same as J36 on a Cobra 29 etc.. :) I uploaded 2 pictures. The 2 circles in each picture is the ground point on the actual circuit board. The yellow arrow you pointed to, is a chassis ground, which I would not tap into. So you have either choice...

Let me go look in my PC68XL to have a look underneat. Honestly, if its a ground point, you are golden and ready to go. Will come back with a picture underneath of what that one is you are pointing to.

It should definitely work. The green wire that comes off the module is just going to a ground point, but the same exact spot of where it gets installed still holds true. :)

It didnt occur to me how CB radios were priced in the 1970s compared to today's electronics until recently... Getting a sidebander radio you had to pay a nice chunk of change.

To pinpoint it would be difficult, but me being born in the mid 1980s, I think the first CB radio I seen was the Sears Roadtalker 40 channel AM radio, (Slant Face, but non-SSB). He put the radio in his late 1970s Ford F150 Ranger truck. From there on out, I was hooked listening on in. This had...

Going to run the Realistic TRC-449 in memory of 399 JJ for the week. (Didn't realize one of the channel led segments is out.)

Down with cracked slugs! lol.

Ugh.... I wasn't here for long on the forums, but he chimed in recently about which good amps to pick when I posted.... Because of him, I am on the lookout for those TX 250 and 350 amps built in the 1980s. Rest in Radio Paradise 399. Please tell my Elmer Gordon K7NNV I said hello.... :/

If you can, get a picture underneath the radio near the PLL. Just curious if something looks out of place or added.

That crystal also looks to of been messed with at some point. Don't think its quite what has been giving grief but making sure its an original part to the radio.

What is throwing me off is that capacitor soldered on the pack of crystals onto the resistor? I don't see other 142 GTLs with that. I 2nd clearing up that corrosive glue. That is where my 142 GTL went bad since it did a number on the diode there. (I forget offhand what replacement diode was...

Please... I am curious... Why even bother to do a 2 watt deadkey to 80 watts?? Reason I ask is because that is the same radio that slapped this poor Magnum 2000 beyond the 9th dimension. :D Nice burnt resistors inside it.

I will be glad to sell it off if I run into it again this year when I go to visit my folks in Nevada. I still think people will pay ridiculous money for it. :D lol.

I think they do not offer a non-SDR radio. The Icom 706 successor in the SDR fashion is thee Icom 7300.

The moment you said computerized nightmare radio, my mind flashed back to when I bought that steaming turd back I think in 2018 or 2019 off eBay for a cheap price... Last I recall seeing it was in my storage unit, but I think someone might of snagged it outta there the last few years... oh...