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No, that is abit to extreme. He should just get a PM from them telling him to just chill and enjoy the forum and that this kind of behaviour is not exceptable. And that this will be a First and final warning. And if further outbreaks/rudness or attitude happen you will be banned. Well thats what I w...

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hotshot best you be careful what you say. Dont wont to get banned from here do you? This is a forum for learning about radios in all aspects and sharing knowledge. Rick for 1, is a person that has alot when it comes to cb radio and he does help alot of people. He is much appreciated through out the...

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Rick already said to use pin 1 instead of pin 3. Pin 1 runs a constant 8volts, so the answer to your question is YES. Use pin 1.

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Hi Hammer1, and welcome to the forum

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Rick or nomadradio, I will be hopfully unlocking my clarifier later today. The radio is a Cobra 148GTL #PC-412AD.

What is the best method for the most slide and for it to sit at 12 o`clock???

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Rick, with the clarifier mod your way. You use just the red wire and not the orange. Why do all the other mods use the orange 1 as well.

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What is so good about the ERF2030 Final Upgrades???

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Rick, are you able to redraw full radio schmatics??? If yes, I`d love for you to do some for me. Your redraws comes up so nice and clear and easy to read. I was just asking cos I have seen a few 148`s come through with them wired to pin 3 and a lot of them to pin 1. Just wasn`t sure what the differe...

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Rick, what is the difference from pin 1 & 3
Pin 1 is Vout-0= voltage output
Pin 3 is Vref... what is Vref???

I`m looking at the pdf file for the MB3756 and I dont see anything about Vref- pin 3.

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Thanks for that guys, I was looking at the DX99V. Will look into it a little more. I was thinking of the 959 just cos its on the cheap side and the fact that it would look nice with all blue or green leds.

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Hi all, I`m from Australia and i`m thinking about get one of these in the start of the new year. I just want to know if people have had problems with them, if any. What where they and how did you fix it. Also how reliable are they? Any comments on it , Good or Bad. I`d like more info so I can find o...

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sorry, just went to the link you provided. Read the info just under the pic.
It says "spdt on-off-on switch"

I was right.

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I would have to say "on, off, on"
switch up 10kc up
center off (normal freq)
switch down 10kc down.

but wait for a few replies as I could be wrong as I have not done 1 of these yet. But it sounds pretty right to me.

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I have seen this else where before. I wouldn`t recomend them to anyone, but I will end up getting one for myself to have a fiddle with. Maybe we could make some improvements to the unit and make them worth having.

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As much as I dont like them, early next year I will purchase one for myself so I can see how good they really are and to see for myself the difference between them both. Well with the newer ones I know that the mod board I`d like to put in it wont work as it is the rci and not MB8719. Even if I wher...

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well i have a friend that owns one and he is for ever whining about it, and as for modifiaction eg channels. there not as good as the older ones. Not to say that it also has a rci8719 chip that is crap.

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no problem

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best you look around, I`m in Australia and I have just purchased a older style 148 for just over $100 and thats including postage from th US. There are plenty of them going around, save your hard earned money and get yourself an older style. Alot more reliable. Do more reading on the newer style one...

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frogman296 wrote:
zodiac wrote:How many extra watts do you get out of the radio with the new covers, or is it just extra channels you get ??.
they give about 5 watts extra...if you shine them, you get 6 watts zodiac.

From what I hear, if you mount the top cover upside down you`ll gain approx 12watts

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This amp will cover 25-30MHz (europe) NO MOD

here is a link for this amp.

http://www.rmitaly.com/scheda.asp?IDGr=1&cat=0&tipo=92

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just my opinion, your better off and waiting till you can find a good older style Cobra 148GTL. From what I hear the newer ones aren`t all that good.

But like I said, thats what I hear and also just my opinion.

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well I see the link did work.

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not sure if the link will work but give it ago. Its a pdf file for the trc-457.

http://www.kd4k.com/downloads/TRC-457_458.pdf

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I totally forgot. Stupid me.
http://www.radiomods.co.nz/galaxy949_959ept069610z.html

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I`ll make life that little bit easier for ya.

http://www.cbtricks.com/radios/galaxy/dx959/index.htm

cheers

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well this mod is by far the best that I have ever seen. You get all the A channels it goes up and down a fair bit and to top it all off. You even get the 3 digit display. Looks very cool.
Well thats my opinion anyway.

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I have previously posted where you can find all the info in this mod.
Just go through the posts and do some reading.

Hint: its in this thread.

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marveylus22, pm me and I`ll send you a link for a good channel mod that you wont be disapointed with.

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When I have been like this :banghead: Rick always seems to come along and make me like this :dance: You can always count on him. Also Rick, I still haven`t gotten around to doing that relay thing to my P400 with the Beep board. When I get a chance I`ll post how it went. Cheers Rick, much appreciated...

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I wouldn`t mind getting the covers for my Uniden Grant.
Are the Grants the same size as the Cobra 148`s?

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No problem

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marveylus22, PM sent

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No problem

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It is very simple, but I am limited to time. Plus the other half doesn`t want me in this room as much. She seems to think I spend more time with my computer & cb`s than I do with her.
Join the yahoo group. Everything is there on making the board and installing the mod.

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I am currently do 2 radio with The Mod.
President P400 & Uniden Grant (silver face).

I will post pics once they are completed.

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that mod can be done to any radio that has the mb8719pll.

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hotshot, do a search in yahoo groups for "The Mod".
Alot of good things there that can be done to your radio. Be 1 of the first in you neighbour hood to have a Cobra 2000 with the mod.
Have a look. You wont be disapointed.

cheers

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Or if you like, do a search in yahoo on "The Mod" and you will find a extremly good mod for your radio. No cutting of tracks/drilling holes for switches and you use the same 11.1125MHz crystal that your radio already has. If you have this mod installed in your radio, your rodio will appear...

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by all means, if you wanna go by the cobra 148 here is what I have found.
If it doesn`t help or damages your radio dont be blaming me.

http://www.radiomods.co.nz/cobra148gtlalignment.html

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i`m not sure how many boards there are, maybe its just the 1. But if i`m gonna have to search to help someone i`d like to make life a little easier.

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what is the board number in the 2000

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which model base station do you have and what is the board number?
What are you thinking of doing to it also?

help us with some info on your radio and what your intensions are and we might be able to help or point you into a direction of help.

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iv1982, what model radio do you have and what #number is the board? Give more info and people will try to help as much as then can. 10 watts dead key is way to much, I`d probably use about 1 1/2 watts of power and let the modulation swing. From reading on here, if you load the amp with to much radio...

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warhorse, dunno how you found it. I search for atleast a good half hour to an hour for this.
I`m sure Rick will appreciate it.

Cheers.

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Sorry Mick, I`ve just searched for half an hour and no pdf`s or info on pinouts.

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uncle, did you get yourself a 40 channel block yet? Also I dont think any uniden 40 channel block will work. What pll does this unit have?
Does your radio have the digital display or the numbers on the channel dial itself?

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I`m also able to access the link StrightClaw posted.

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Want more than 150 watts? Buy a kicker.

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hackindave, how did you manage to get such frequency range from the Madison? Is it all done by switches or the channel selector?
I have a President P400 & Uniden Grant. Both have the MB8719pll.
Do you still have the 11.1125MHz crystal installed or did you change it to the 11.325MHz?

Cheers

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