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I got stopped (michigan) for the pc in my car, and appearenty a cb is ok, but texting is not... he didnt mind me using the cb because your eye is still on the road..
I have tried this one my mobile and removing the antenna can be deceiving as my noise went away.. Try a filter between that powersupply and radio...Sometimes cheap powersupplies can put out dirty power as I call it, and make cheap radios act up.. Maybe a radioshack thing too. Is it stock, or...
Is this real? I was wondering when they would allow you to tether the output through blutooth. Imagine the sd slot records conversations while your away, and allows you to play them back.. catching your "friends" raggin on you while your away Ahhahahhahah lol..Another gadget to make someone want...
I see now your probably not going to help me anymore.. Thats all I am after.. Adding channels, and hoping there will at least be 1 I can find by keying up and going through all the channels on my cobra to at least find a few off the regular 40. So many people say oh you dont have the correct...
I will pick up a frequency counter today
these are appearently how the cobra is setup
8719 channel chart (148 GTL, etc)
Position 1: sw1 down, sw2 down
NORMAL CHANNELS
Position 2: sw1 up, sw2 down
15=26.815 20=26.885 25=26.925 30=26.985(ch3)
16=26.835 21=26.895 26=26.945...
Yes I have a DMM, a dosy watt meter, and stuff for basic electronics, but no freq counter which will be next on my list.. Once its right I should be able to hear it on my cobra which also has the channels in it correct.. the numbers might be off so that would take some guesswork, but still...
just for the hell of it i removed the 10k and it seems to be transmitting (little higher then normal) and 19 is no longer cb 19... when I flip the switches on the cobra up or down I still cant hear.. So I am not sure what frequency this is on.. If I flip from pin 18 to 14 is cb... the other one...
well cant be right... does not show tx on meter... I put pin 14 to center of switch then 6 to one and 18 to another.. and the 10k like you mentioned...
Thanks dave, I was hoping you would respond as this seems interesting.. I will no doubt post results back. How many channels will this yield? would it be similar to what the 142 base have?
Ok..getting closer
Ok.. yes pin 14 has nothing connected to it... Its there but I see what you are saying now.. doesnt have any place on the board other then from the pll itself :)
MUCH APPRECIATED!!! Sorry for the caps but this is what I was after.. Will give it a try.. Thats what I wanted to know the high and low... so I just need one switch and a resistor? Also was looking into building/buying a EXPANDER 240 are they easy to get? So basically adding/dropping the voltage...
I was looking at the EXPANDER 240 frequency expander... Nothing more then crystals and diods and resistors. I have a few crystals taken from old cbs does anyone know of the schematic of building one..
Pin 14 or 6 switches..Advanced ppl help me....
On one hand I have information to use pin 14 and pull it high or low to shift frequencies, and another telling me to use the 6 program pins to pin 14.. Which is technically correct? If I were to do the pin 14 high/low how would this be...
I like you! and I dont mean that in a gay way.. Alot of people are so stuck on themself like they never started tinkering and never blew nothing up.. Its more of a learning experience for me as I didnt pay nothing for that 1977 Royce... No one likes to blow them up, but sometimes experimentation...
Dont do the frequeny mod as I have tried it and it does not work.. I am working on another thread to figure out how to get extra channels and will update this topic..... The power and modulation as posted is tried and true and works quite well (Clean)
I just posted a thread asking about that book LOL.. I am interested because i am getting some reponses about the voltage, and then about the programable inputs so I am all ears and willing to try different combinations as the worse should happen is I fry the pll or cb all in all giving me a...
does anyone know where I can possibly find a pdf of The CB PLL Data Book By Lou Franklin? I would like to read it so I can get more understanding of pll's. Any material other then the old (29 editions of cbs) would also be well appreciated :)
Cool... appreciate the feedback, to avoid any kinda confusion what switch config would I use to get channels? a single pole switch to??? the voltage is at 6v so your saying throw more power to it will give more channels? any info on how I would put a switch to get any additional channels would...
Thanks for the info.. I am not new to electronics, nor cb, just taking it to a step further then basic tune-ups. I knew something wasnt right on pins 5.6 like the tuneup sheet says so thats why I immediatly stopped. to break a radio and learn a lifetime of knowlege.. Priceless :) So that'd be 6...
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