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  1. vswr

    Cobra 142 GTL

    Ive definitely experienced this. Ibstay in the order as listed in the svc manuals.
  2. vswr

    Cobra 142 GTL

    Not working
  3. vswr

    Cobra 142 GTL

    Trying to send abpdf again.
  4. vswr

    Cobra 142 GTL

    Ok. Thanks for that tip.
  5. vswr

    Cobra 142 GTL

    The box is really in nice shape. No holes, no abuse. But a real hack took place. Sad. I hate mods. You want uppers and lowers, buy a ham radio. I like radios to be set up clean and original.
  6. vswr

    Cobra 142 GTL

    We cant get internet service where we live. Using cell phone. I click attach files, it offers me just photos. I try to upload a pdf, it stops at about 15% and then the percentage disappears. I click post and it only puts up my conversation.
  7. vswr

    Cobra 142 GTL

    These are pics I took this afternoon. Maybe you can see something missing. Notice the capacitor soldered onto the filter stack that connects to a resistor? Below and slightly to the right of L13. I have not touched ct1 or ct2 yet. Cant get past first base.
  8. vswr

    Cobra 142 GTL

    I'll have to check when Im back at the shop tomorrow. Why cant I upload PDFs?
  9. vswr

    Cobra 142 GTL

    Ok. I will start with a good L13 adjustment then USB, LSB and AM. I did it about 5 times so Im used to the order. SAMS has it in the right order. Still though, I'll be 10k off. There hasvto be something Im missing.
  10. vswr

    Cobra 142 GTL

    Im trying to send you that partial sams but its not attaching.
  11. vswr

    Cobra 142 GTL

    142 gtl
  12. vswr

    Cobra 142 GTL

    Yeah. 5V is what the sam suggests at channel 19 but I found that I had the best activity with the slug at about midrange in its can but again, thats in the 2.5 to 3v range. Im gonna send you the sams for the 142...this one part shows what sams says to do with alignment whichnis obviously wrong.
  13. vswr

    Cobra 142 GTL

    The plan all along was to put it back straight stock. I got this hacked radio on ebay. I started removing the channel mods then the clarifier mod and I replaced the 20pf trimmer on the 11.11125 crystal as wevdiscussed yesterday. I need to check it to see if any parallel disc caps were removed...
  14. vswr

    Cobra 142 GTL

    Ok. Time to check the crystals. The 11.11125 checks out at 11.11136 clarifier to extreme right, and 111110716 to the left. The 7.802 is 7.80238. The 7.7975 is 7.798338. The 10.240 is 10.24002. The one up by L13 is glued over the numbers but has 3 legs so its not really an oscillator crystal... A...
  15. vswr

    Cobra 142 gtl with a few problems

    Ok. Time to check the crystals. The 11.11125 checks out at 11.11136 clarifier to extreme right, and 111110716 to the left. The 7.802 is 7.80238. The 7.7975 is 7.798338. The 10.240 is 10.24002. The one up by L13 is glued over the numbers but has 3 legs so its not really an oscillator crystal...
  16. vswr

    Cobra 142 gtl with a few problems

    I will bid everyone a great evening. I'll pick this back up tomorrow. Right now im going 10-27 to the bed andc 10- 7 for the night. 73s all a y'all
  17. vswr

    Cobra 142 gtl with a few problems

    Sure is. Im pretty sure I can swap parts out of another radio. I have a lot to chose from . Just needcto know whats similar or exact.
  18. vswr

    Cobra 142 gtl with a few problems

    What other radios run this exact board? I have close to 400 radios here. Lots of 148gtl, galaxy 99v and many others with cybernet boards
  19. vswr

    Cobra 142 gtl with a few problems

    Other than ct3, there were only trimmers forvthebupper and lowers he carved up the noise blanker to isolate all 3. What a mess of such a great radio