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  1. American-Vulture

    China made Cobra 148gtl clarifier problem.

    I just found a service manual for the cobra 2000.That will help me trace the problems.
  2. American-Vulture

    China made Cobra 148gtl clarifier problem.

    Not getting the 10.240 signal to the pll .even put in a different one. didn't make any difference.Do not care about clarifier....just put it back to stock.
  3. American-Vulture

    China made Cobra 148gtl clarifier problem.

    Now it croaked again.All channels at 25.9100.
  4. American-Vulture

    China made Cobra 148gtl clarifier problem.

    Any ideas where to start looking?I am getting 25.9070 on all channels. Could it be a bad PLL chip?
  5. American-Vulture

    China made Cobra 148gtl clarifier problem.

    Its alive again!!!!! Found a wire that was completely missing on board! PA works,channel and TX & RX led changes with mic keying. Heres comes round two.Yup it would be easier just buying a good one but it feels good bringing something back from the dead.Just look at me!
  6. American-Vulture

    China made Cobra 148gtl clarifier problem.

    I seem to not have ground on the board.i have source voltage but no connection to the places on the board that's supposed to be ground.Checked screws everything. Getting ready to throw this thing in the trash.cobra 148 radio is totally dead..
  7. American-Vulture

    China made Cobra 148gtl clarifier problem.

    thanks for the diagram.it will certainly straighten out my crooked mind. If this works I will reward you.
  8. American-Vulture

    China made Cobra 148gtl clarifier problem.

    Looks like r144 is missing also.What about d52?So the black wire from the pot goes to ground? and other goes to 8 volts?
  9. American-Vulture

    China made Cobra 148gtl clarifier problem.

    The clarifier didn't work at all (must have not used right conversion) It acted like I installed a switch to slide freq.I have 3 different cobra 148's and all different wiring,(colors also) .just dropped all channels 10 kc's.so I returned it back to normal and yes I adjusted it and it is smack...
  10. American-Vulture

    China made Cobra 148gtl clarifier problem.

    I have a China cobra 148gtl that I want to unlock the clarifier but the china radio now has a plug with 2 red wires and a black wire on it. Any one know how to unlock it? I tried some other conversions but did not get any luck just a 10 kc drop. Thanks,
  11. American-Vulture

    Installing roger beep

    Isn't that what they call "Talk Back" ? Getting off the subject,That 148 I picked up with the Radio Shack eq Franked to it, (still dead as a door nail). I picked up another one(148) to see what was removed /botched up and to my luck it is a China model.This ones is 2 kc over everything. Anyone...
  12. American-Vulture

    Installing roger beep

    I have people that ask for them all the time.I make it so only they can hear the noise!
  13. American-Vulture

    Cobra 148 GTL Not powering up.

    Yes I do.Theres some other stuff hacked .Trying to return it to back into DR Jeckle.
  14. American-Vulture

    Uniden PC66XL Service Manual/Mods ???

    Yes I have one of those pc66xl st that's 1 kc off channel. Looking for quick fix.
  15. American-Vulture

    Cobra 148 GTL Not powering up.

    Thank you Mr. Fuzz for the info.
  16. American-Vulture

    Cobra 148 GTL Not powering up.

    The pll is in the radio I took the board out of Ranger pll
  17. American-Vulture

    Cobra 148 GTL Not powering up.

    Think an EPT board Pll shows Ranger name on it.
  18. American-Vulture

    Cobra 148 GTL Not powering up.

    These are pics of the weird board that was inside of the cobra 148
  19. American-Vulture

    Cobra 148 GTL Not powering up.

    Do not know how to add pics.IM working in a fog here!
  20. American-Vulture

    Cobra 148 lazy channel segments

    I saw it. Wow what a piece of cake to repair them. Thanks