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  1. OldTech03

    Latest eBay Fees - some examples for CB selling

    Actually, they have not every sale I have made in the last 2 weeks was paid through Paypal the difference is eBay now takes your Paypal payment and confiscates it so eBay gets their money immediately and you have to wait for yours for several days it massively increased eBays cash flow and makes...
  2. OldTech03

    Latest eBay Fees - some examples for CB selling

    The PayPal cut is now included in the eBay fees.
  3. OldTech03

    BBI amps, anyone heard of them?

    Do you mean back when you could build a brand new home for less than $30 or when gas was less than 30 cents a gallon or cigarettes were 25 cents a pack or you could buy a brand new VW Bug for $1850.00 Hamburgers with a drink & fries for $1 or when a Phone in the home cost $8 a month or when your...
  4. OldTech03

    Pill factory

    I did that on purpose to see if anyone would catch it. LOL!
  5. OldTech03

    Pill factory

    I understand the above, but one of the hallmarks of the repair industry "at least where CB amps is concerned" I get as many as 150 amps a year to repair and turn away that many, and in my world the 2SC2879's the 2890's, the SD1446's the MRF455's, etc are KING!. We can discuss till the cows come...
  6. OldTech03

    Negative Peak Compression boards for Cobra 29

    Power Metal Oxide Technology: Great way to glorify a MOSFET all-be-it lateral it is still a MOSFET just say so but like Nomad said I would buy one or I guess 2 and make a video I, have a 29 here that is just waiting for an experiment.
  7. OldTech03

    Oscilloscope ?

    And now I will agree right back as I use my Hitachi 100mhz for tracking modulated waveforms as it is in line all the time but I do like the Rigol for trouble-shooting stages at the component level
  8. OldTech03

    Oscilloscope ?

    Well if the counter is accurate Yes and if you are talking about the alignment of Offset osc. it should be pretty accurate. That being said I use a Rigol and I had to do some alignment mods myself to have it display accurate results. I use my Rigol a lot and don't have any real complaints.
  9. OldTech03

    Layman’s terms

    Maybe the General Lee has been given the once over by a 1st semester backyard tech in training.
  10. OldTech03

    eBay new payment system

    It's not a scam but it is a pain in the Arse. What eBay has done is made it better for them they get their money right away and eBay pays PayPal percentage if you noticed your percentage went from 10% to 12.75% and then you are required to ship right away and then 3 to 5 days later you will get...
  11. OldTech03

    Cobra 135 part

    You should probably let us know what you think is reasonable? Then no one will bother for units that exceed that amount by too much.
  12. OldTech03

    Cobra 135 part

    Well, you do what you can. Just trying to give some options good luck.
  13. OldTech03

    Cobra 135 part

    I will try to be a little help: We need to know the physical dimensions of the control shaft length & diameter in mm. millimeters inches will work but mm is better you already said it is a 20k There is a possibility Kens Electronics would have something that would work remember even if the...
  14. OldTech03

    Unique CB needs repair, need help troubleshooting

    Well since these old radios used the same audio amp for modulation and for transmitting audio I would check to microphone first it may be a cord or connector or cable issue with the microphone. Full quitting you sound like a ham talking about FM coms.
  15. OldTech03

    SILTRONIX MODEL 90-3

    I PMed you, let me know what the timeline is for a 16 Mhz version I have a #5 I just restored looks nearly like new if anyone could use one works on Cobra 138 or 139 and I think Simba and of course others the same vintage and chassis.
  16. OldTech03

    SILTRONIX MODEL 90-3

    Does anybody have one of these for sale? Siltronix model 90-3 for Mark III working or not working?
  17. OldTech03

    Screwed up my grantxl

    You may have voltage where are checking for it unfortunately you don't have it for the display. I assume you have no recieve and no transmit just a green light which is fed by the mains DC. There is a regulator for the supply to the display I think it's located at the front of the board if I...
  18. OldTech03

    SUPERSTAR 121 & OLD HOOKER 100 REPAIR & RESTORE

    I use a rig runner on my bench many of the radios l work on have those connectors on them already besides I made many different adapters for different situations works out good for me. Should be good to use in the Truck. The 121 and the Hooker together will not exceed 15 amps so you are fine there.
  19. OldTech03

    Sold as-is and No returns due to parts swappers

    Been selling on eBay since about 1997 and although I have had some negative experiences with a few customers I never have had anyone try to rob parts and then want their money back but I have had my items ended by eBay because someone reported my post and to this day I have no understanding of...