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  1. LeapFrog

    Palomar ERF-2030+

    Believe me I figured it out with free information from an actual Tech. (shout-out to the fellow wwdx member who helped me!) I have an (Edit: HG) MRF-477 in my Uniden Grant XL. :whistle: I should do a write-up explaining the process.;) In my application (Mostly AM only mobiles) the FQP13N10 are...
  2. LeapFrog

    Palomar ERF-2030+

    I second this, the FQP3N10 is stronger. The specs are better all around for what I need them for, and it isn't some voodoo-hoodoo rebranded mystery part. The new NXP parts seem promising!
  3. LeapFrog

    Palomar ERF-2030+

    ..... Not even going to bother.
  4. LeapFrog

    meanwhile out in the garage ...

    MRF101AN, 125 Watts CW @ 27 MHz :cool: Cool! 130 Watts CW @ 13.56 MHz Really Cool! Damn, they go to VHF too!! And the MRF300AN with even more Pout !
  5. LeapFrog

    Jo Gunn 8+8 "Killer Star" Gizmotchy Style.

    Would be neat for sure! https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/84052/is-there-a-rf-viewer-like-a-thermo-camera
  6. LeapFrog

    Jo Gunn 8+8 "Killer Star" Gizmotchy Style.

    What if element one is 90 degrees out of phase?
  7. LeapFrog

    Jo Gunn 8+8 "Killer Star" Gizmotchy Style.

    Now that is something new to me! Circular Polarization!
  8. LeapFrog

    Jo Gunn 8+8 "Killer Star" Gizmotchy Style.

    Thanks guys I appreciate the input, it sure is a heavy antenna! (More than likely this is going be yet another long-term project!)
  9. LeapFrog

    Cobra 2000 GTL Smoking on SSB (literally)

    Pic of the bias circuit after refresh.
  10. LeapFrog

    Cobra 2000 GTL Smoking on SSB (literally)

    I understand your run down, the final is not "volted". This radio has seen a tortured past, many things have been found failed/misadjusted. I'm doing my best to repair it and return it close to "stock", I've been removing mods as I find them. My issue is a steady 13.7 volts on the collectors...
  11. LeapFrog

    Cobra 2000 GTL Smoking on SSB (literally)

    Small update! The orange wire feeding TP7, TP8 from the mode select switch provides 13.78 Volts regardless of mode selected, I believe I have a faulty mode switch, what do you say? [I should review the schematic thoroughly before asking..]
  12. LeapFrog

    Jo Gunn 8+8 "Killer Star" Gizmotchy Style.

    Thanks! I'm glad i'm here as well, I appreciate it!
  13. LeapFrog

    Jo Gunn 8+8 "Killer Star" Gizmotchy Style.

    What do you guys think about this antenna? I don't read much into the "specs" ("audio gain") and some values seem off. Besides the marketing and fake or wrong gain figures, what do you think? http://www.gizmotchy.com/Extremegizmotchy.html It almost looks like an 8 element Gizmotchy, an...
  14. LeapFrog

    THE GREEN THING REVISITED

    In that regard the program is a success! Yeah that Johnny Cash tune is pretty depressing, I only listen to it when I'm in a really depressed kind of mood. But yeah I don't know if everybody's heard it so I figured I would share. Working on staying positive though, today is a new day! :)
  15. LeapFrog

    THE GREEN THING REVISITED

    Nothing quite like government-sanctioned heroin to keep the populace sedated. Those clinics are supposed to get people off of drugs, but they basically just replace what they used to use on the streets with methadone. Those clinics and the way they run them are not set up to get people...
  16. LeapFrog

    THE GREEN THING REVISITED

    The beauty of youth is fleeting, our innocence was gone before we knew what we had. This empire of dirt... Damn I'm depressed, LOL. The internet did it to me... (pass the blame around)
  17. LeapFrog

    THE GREEN THING REVISITED

    All of society has become accustomed to rapid consumption, we would not know how to survive without TV dinners and plastic silverware.. :/ We produce goods not for quality, but quantity, we design and sell devices that SHOULD fail in a set amount of time, because "they" make more money selling...
  18. LeapFrog

    Cobra 2000 GTL Smoking on SSB (literally)

    You got it! :) Thank you.
  19. LeapFrog

    Cobra 2000 GTL Smoking on SSB (literally)

    VR10 high leg 8.xx volts wiper something like 6 volts. It seems the buffer and the AM regulator have the correct voltages present. C154 is not present, not sure if it should be. (don't see it silk screened on 148/Grant) The 12 volts going to the collectors disappears when I pull TP7 & TP8...