142gtl

[doctor]

Has anyone put a switch to have low /high power on their 142gtl, or an outboard variable control to vary the power?<easier than opening the cabinet up all the time..

73
doctor :shock:

 

[DTB Radio]

Just use a POT thats the same value as the stock POT (no pun intended), and run leads from it to the original POT points on the board.

 

[BIONIC_TEXAN88]

i used my swr cal knob on mine for variable power.

 

[doctor]

bionic texan

So what did you exactly do with the swr calibrator to adjust the power...wire it to ...the power adjustments or what..give me some more details

doctor

 

[TonyV225]

All you have to do is diconnect the leads going to the swr pot and tape or better yet shrinktube the ends so they dont short out when you tie them off to the sides and run 2 wires from where the VR is on the board one from one side of the swr pot and one to the other keep them in the same order which would be reversed when looking at the board compared to the swr pot on the front of the radio so left to left right to right from VR point to swr pot points