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  1. vswr

    Sams PhotoFacts Collection

    Awesome! Dan is the man!
  2. vswr

    Sams PhotoFacts Collection

    Hey all, looking for the sams for the cobra 135 23 channel ssb box. The one from cbtricks is a joke.
  3. vswr

    Sams PhotoFacts Collection

    Thanks once again for your relentless support my friend. I have a few tube radios also but no Lafayettes....yet. thanks again Dan!
  4. vswr

    Sams PhotoFacts Collection

    Awesome! Thanks Dan! Yeah, I have a few lafayette radios myself. Great radios.
  5. vswr

    Sams PhotoFacts Collection

    Cool. I used to have that one back in the 90s. It was a fantastic radio. I sold it and bought a 148gtl which is also long gone. I always likedvthe courier brand. Very easy to work on and very good designs sort of like the quality of Lafayette radios Dan, I will need the rest of that conqueror...
  6. vswr

    Sams PhotoFacts Collection

    Cool. I used to have that one back in the 90s. It was a fantastic radio. I sold it and bought a 148gtl which is also long gone. I always likedvthe courier brand. Very easy to work on and very good designs sort of like the quality of Lafayette radios.
  7. vswr

    Sams PhotoFacts Collection

    Much appreciated. Thsnks. The centurian is that the big 40 ssb base?
  8. vswr

    Sams PhotoFacts Collection

    They are great. I may need more than the alignment info. Looks like the radio went faulty so the last owner turned everything.
  9. vswr

    Sams PhotoFacts Collection

    Thanks Dan.
  10. vswr

    Sams PhotoFacts Collection

    I opened up a courier conquerer II today only to find that all the darn slugs were turned. It transmits fine, with my walkie I can hear myself on all 23 channels. I seriously need the alignment pages for the courier conquerer II. Its av23 chamnel radio. If anyone has it, Id be grateful. Thanks.
  11. vswr

    Sams PhotoFacts Collection

    Thanks very much Dan. Now I can figure out why its not locking into the VCO when switched from am to lsb on channels higher than 30.
  12. vswr

    Sams PhotoFacts Collection

    Hello Dan, hope you are well. Thanks to you and your effort supporting the hobby, I was able to repair avfewbof my radios. I sooo appreciate your support. I have put my cobra 135xlr on the bench and thought I had the manual but I dont. Do you have the sams for the 135 xlr? Thanks
  13. vswr

    Cobra 142 GTL

    Did me some good reading about broadbanding methods. This was how it was done.
  14. vswr

    Cobra 142 GTL

    Im wondering if the display the same as the cobra 25 or 29? I need a 16 pin, 8 top, 8 bottom, center pins common, and common anode. I got a lot of 25s snd 29s snd 148s. Let me know. Thanks. Edit: cobra 25 Ltd has the correct pin out and common anode configuration. Only difference isvthe color...
  15. vswr

    Cobra 142 GTL

    The radio talked to me today. It told me to remove that black box, remove the cap underneatch and repair the cut run, and remove that electrolytic cap, the start the tuning process over again for the 7th time and I will fial in perfectly. Its working great! Thanks for all your help. Soon I will...
  16. vswr

    Cobra 142 GTL

    Yeah. Its going back on the shelf once fixed. This is what people did pre- export radio days. Added a watt or 2 and lost their mod, pull out a few parts to get screeching mod, mess with the switches and install a bunch of uppers and lowers, then to really screw things up for the next guy, just...
  17. vswr

    Cobra 142 GTL

    No problem. I peel that crap out in the morning.
  18. vswr

    Cobra 142 GTL

    I wonder if I put in another varactor in paralell with CT3 if that would give me more tuning range...
  19. vswr

    Cobra 142 GTL

    It could be a home made type of varactor. Diode and capacitor. But its mote. It proved to make a minor clarifier change when bypassed