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    Mystery 8 pill

    Picked up this mystery 8 pill today for next to nothing Going to power it up when I get home, don't have a driver for it yet but just going to see if it does what it should with just a stout radio driving it. The wire spaggetti around the power supply looks worse than it is, builder could...
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    uniden washington no tx output

    Uniden Washington, no tx power. Looking at it for a friend. This thing is really nice inside and out except for the stupid channel mod/unlocked clarifier crap. Excellent RX, but no rf output. - mic changes transmit indicator to red, receive drops out like it should (mic is wired correctly)...
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    strange mod on taiwan 148?

    Anyone know why someone would connect a diode between the two bias VRs in a Cobra 148? I have what looked to be a stock Taiwan Cobra 148 but I noticed a diode soldered across the final and driver bias adjustments (vr8 & vr9). I'm going to upload a picture to show this. I plan to remove it...
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    old tube radio, hum in tx/rx, already recapped

    Hi all, I'm working on an old Sonar FS-23. I have the TX and RX working very nice. There is a hum that comes from the speaker when the volume is turned down, it's pretty loud. Once you turn the volume up and hear static/signals it somewhat drowns the hum out. The hum is very prominent in...
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    Sonar FS-23

    I just picked up a Sonar FS-23 w/ matching BR-21 amp and Turner Plus Three mic. The FS-23 is very dusty inside, bought some compressed air today to clean it out really good tonight before proceeding further. Turned the radio on last night just to see if it would receive (didn't intend to...