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I have a couple CP2000s in my stash. One definitely is in need of recapping. They're both going to get it done as soon as my bench is back up and running. Love that radio. My late friend Hank had one and I was very impressed with it when we had it on the air.

Have a bunch of Royce stuff - 624, 625, 641 and 642 plus a couple 639 mobiles. Those are among my favorite mobile rigs. 2ea Pro-40/SPK-40 and one SOC-40. Would love to find an OSC-40 and SWR-40 for it. 2ea CP-2000/BC-2000 - one was bought from a member here and restored. 1 CP-400. I have every...

What's the story with 26.715? I hear a lot more Bowl-style activity on that frequency than I do on Ch9. Wish I'd have stayed with a Spanish speaking gal pal long enough for her to teach me more of the language - including some of the cultural nuances.

I learned a lot about weak-signal upper HF work (optimizing antennas, sked times, etc) when skip rolled up for the evening and all the locals went to bed. Had a number of friends on channels 35-40 and we'd keep in touch in the wee hours of the morning, sometimes with no movement of the S meter...

Yes, with caveats: Have a number of R-71As, R-7000s, a couple each IC-751As/R-70s, an IC-745 and 3 IC-720As plus the amps, auto-tuners, etc. Some were bought broken and restored. Others...the trimmer capacitors in the PLL sections of these rigs are known problems and have either been replaced...

Last one I remember with an actual REACT booth was south of Canton, OH and was periodically active through the mid-2000s. Me and a lot of my motorcycle buddies (many of whom are licensed hams, CBers, etc.) would stop there for coffee on the way home from a day's ride. Always put a bit of lettuce...

Funny thing running across this post. Sitting immediately next to me on the bookshelf is a connection cable for the two-tone Out to 4 pin Mic In function. Probably meant for use with a TS-820S as the SM-220 was released about that time. I have a few of the things. All but one have BS-8...

Will the Chipswitch also work in the original Lincoln (not Lincoln II)? I bought a couple of the chips years ago for my HR2510/2600 but never got around to installing them. As a previous poster noted: They're a simple radio - but I like them. Managed to collect the entire series...

Thread bump (and I haven't been on here for a while anyway): On CB - Either a CPI CP-2000/BC-2000, Pro-40 or TRS Challenger 1200/1400. Rotate them in and out from time to time. Scanning/monitoring: Probably 30 different receivers running concurrently, all PC controlled. Multiples of Optocom...

How are the electrolytics going to affect adjacent channel rejection? This is clearly an IF filter problem. More to the point, leakage around an already marginal filter.

Once upon a time I used to love hanging around Ch36-40 - you could always find a group of SSBers in that area, even when there was no skip to speak of. Yes, that "day after day" shtick gets real old, real fast. Maybe the Class D service will get popular again and people will start...

PLL going out of lock on these rigs will cause the symptoms you describe. Loose harness connectors or intermittent Molexes (which join the VCO and PLL boards together) account for about 90% of '820 PLL problems. In the case of the Molex connectors, DeOxIt can be used with varying degrees of...

I'm a bit late to the party but here goes: In the fall of 2010 we had a new XV95 installed. When I turned the HF radios on and the furnace kicked on for the first time...S-9+ noise that the rigs' blankers wouldn't even touch. I had to engineer a solution independently of Trane's, and the one...

What you did there...

My faves are the CPI line, SBE LCB8/LCBS4/8 (still looking for a good example of each) and the HyGain 623. CPI's receivers are second to none with regards to its CB competition. A/B switching tests between my base set and a number of higher-end ham rigs in the shack show the CP2000 to be very...

Some of those clubs' nets were to CB what a lot of over-structured, formal traffic nets are to amateur radio: No place I want to be. As far as the list of unmentionables goes...head thee to a couple select frequencies in the 20M band and ask the inhabitants thereof just how well that...

I currently have 624 (23ch) and 625 (40ch) AM-only base units, a 641 and 642 base and a pair of 639s - along with a few other accessories such as the desk mic. One thing to keep in mind about these rigs: They're single-conversion and the receivers are subject to image interference from SWBC...

The timebase oscillator crystal is bad. I recently repaired an FC-70 which exhibited the same symptoms. Do you have an oscilloscope which can be used to check the reference oscillator? If this is the problem, you'll see a gradual decrease in oscillator signal amplitude at the input of the...

Unmodified Cobra 139XLR (858 chip), stock hand mic and Dynamike power desk mic for sale. Works as it should - 4w AM/12w PEP SSB. Equipment is in very good shape with a few minor wear marks. $110 shipped to your door. I have a few higher-res pics that I'll send to interested buyers. Reach me...

I've gotten a number of good deals at hamfests over the years. Minor adjustments or repairs don't bother me, as everything's going to need attention at some point in its life. That being said, sellers should state up front any "issues" with the gear they're selling. Word does get around WRT the...