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  • vswr
    vswr replied to the thread Cobra 142 GTL.
    These are pics I took this afternoon. Maybe you can see something missing. Notice the capacitor soldered onto the filter stack that...
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  • vswr
    vswr replied to the thread Cobra 142 GTL.
    I'll have to check when Im back at the shop tomorrow. Why cant I upload PDFs?
  • vswr
    vswr replied to the thread Cobra 142 GTL.
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  • vswr
    vswr replied to the thread Cobra 142 GTL.
    Ok. I will start with a good L13 adjustment then USB, LSB and AM. I did it about 5 times so Im used to the order. SAMS has it in the...
  • Eldorado828
    Eldorado828 reacted to Brother DXer's post in the thread New version Anytone at-5289 II with Haha Haha.
    Looks great, the price is right, and plenty of power! :ROFLMAO: I tried to scroll through the pics.
  • vswr
    vswr reacted to brandon7861's post in the thread Cobra 142 GTL with Like Like.
    We know the sams was wrong with 5v, no need to send that. I was only interested in the order in which things are aligned. Get them in...
  • TM86
    TM86 replied to the thread Cobra 142 GTL.
    Maybe these will help.
  • vswr
    vswr replied to the thread Cobra 142 GTL.
    Im trying to send you that partial sams but its not attaching.
  • vswr
    vswr reacted to brandon7861's post in the thread Cobra 142 GTL with Like Like.
    Yea, most manuals suggest 2.5v there. As long as you get it comfortably within the range where it doesn't drop out going from ch40 to...
  • vswr
    vswr replied to the thread Cobra 142 GTL.
    142 gtl
  • vswr
    vswr replied to the thread Cobra 142 GTL.
    Yeah. 5V is what the sam suggests at channel 19 but I found that I had the best activity with the slug at about midrange in its can but...
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    Ghetto reacted to HomerBB's post in the thread Fast and Easy 11 meter 1/2ʎ with Like Like.
    While a 1/2ʎ vertical doesn't raise too many eyebrows in an antenna building environment of cool and exotic, this one is the first 11m...
  • vswr
    vswr reacted to brandon7861's post in the thread Cobra 142 GTL with Like Like.
    5v might be too high. Let's use ch20 as an example. If the VCO needs to be at 35.005MHz, the VCO's varactor needs enough range to make...
  • Eldorado828
    I know not having ssb makes it of no interest for many but for the regular Am/Fm user it's a good buy. Yeah an Am fm export but with...
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  • vswr
    vswr replied to the thread Cobra 142 GTL.
    The plan all along was to put it back straight stock. I got this hacked radio on ebay. I started removing the channel mods then the...