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  1. Smokinone

    Cobra 2000 GTL power issue

    Thanks. I was able to get the 7 MHz on a V3165 counter. So that issue is solved. The sound issue, really something that I had thought I did, was cured by cleaning the SP 1+2 switch it seems. This 1604 still doesn't lock on start, but will after moving the mode switch back and forth. I guess...
  2. Smokinone

    If you were a pirate broadcaster, what's playing right now?

    The beginnings of Robin Trower https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-60485697 https://procolharum.com/ :)
  3. Smokinone

    Cobra 2000 GTL power issue

    Thanks Nomad. I got to probing around the 7.8 x-tal and found it was @ 7.798 ish at D39 and D41. Further put the counter probe on the CT3 that is the adjustment for USB @TP3. Something seems to have changed just in hitting the CT3 with the probe, looking down from the front there is a little...
  4. Smokinone

    Cobra 2000 GTL power issue

    Next dilemma, When I get to stage 10 of the synthesizer alignment my readings go bad. Up to that point all is good. It calls for TP3 to be at 7.8015, and I'm not really getting anything. Same with all 3 stages at TP3 align.
  5. Smokinone

    Cobra 2000 GTL power issue

    Thanks Nomad, You were right on the power getting lost. I found that the connection marked in the uploaded photo was the problem. Although the trace had been scraped and soldered to the component, it wasn't making a connection. I put a piece of lead across the offending trace and the radio came...
  6. Smokinone

    Cobra 2000 GTL power issue

    Thanks Nomad. I just checked the MB3756 and have the following. 1 - 8V 2 - 13.5 3 - 8V 4 - 0V 5 - 13.5 6 - 8V 7 - 0V 8 - 0V Those voltages seem to be correct. I checked that initially, but just checked again to be sure. I have seen the 3756 fail before. The way I was looking at it I was...
  7. Smokinone

    Cobra 2000 GTL power issue

    Let me ask this. When I did have the VCO locked, I had a reading on pin1 of the VCO @ 7.7 or so volts. Now that I have done something, I don't know what, I have no reading of the 7.7V at pin1. I have the 7.7V at TP9 from the 1604. TP10 has 0V. R104 and R207 have been removed which takes out...
  8. Smokinone

    Cobra 2000 GTL power issue

    Thanks Nomad. I noticed when tracking the positive lead and it goes into the freq counter it looks like. A check between the chassis and ground pin of the DC is right to ground. I don't see anything obvious after looking over the top and bottom. Will keep going on it. I think I will remove all...
  9. Smokinone

    11 meter is very quiet?

    I hear 1863 trying contact with audioshockwave, can't hear Jeff
  10. Smokinone

    Cobra 2000 GTL power issue

    I've a Cobra 2000 that I have a question on the DC power. When hooked up to AC, the power switch turns the radio on and off as it should. However, when the DC power cord is connected, the power comes on and stays on...no matter the switch position. I think I read somewhere that the 2000 does the...
  11. Smokinone

    FREQUENCY AND TIME FOR CONTACTS

    I believe I heard Greg in there with a couple of QSO's, down on 16 LSB. By the time the air cleared, skip went too.
  12. Smokinone

    Midland 77-861

    For those that don't know what this radio is.
  13. Smokinone

    GE Super Base

    anyone around Phoenix looking for a nice base. Not mine, but better than ebay pricing https://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/ele/d/mesa-vintage-ge-superbase-cb-radio/7804786884.html
  14. Smokinone

    ECG de-soldering replacement tips

    Says in stock, and added to cart successfully, although I didn't go through with the purchase. https://www.rpelectronics.com/jt-103-tip-for-nte-iron-j-045-ds.html
  15. Smokinone

    If you were a pirate broadcaster, what's playing right now?

    Best album ever, among several others of that time that all share #1 status in my mind. Hard to pick a winner amongst the greatest era in music.
  16. Smokinone

    If you were a pirate broadcaster, what's playing right now?

    I've a friend that won't listen to this album...or watch the Exorcist...
  17. Smokinone

    Texas Ranger 696 (Galaxy 959 board) carrier on SSB no carrier on AM

    I think I had a similar problem with my ranger freedom sometime back. Seems to come to mind that although the 959 and the 696 radio chassis is the same, some of the alignment values were different between the 2 radios. I wish my memory served me a little better to point to a specific, but I did...
  18. Smokinone

    11 meter is very quiet?

    I think I heard ya down on 16 yesterday, but I wasn't in the pipeline.
  19. Smokinone

    11 meter is very quiet?

    I still hear ya...sounds like a local group on there with the over ride
  20. Smokinone

    11 meter is very quiet?

    I hear ya in there, can't make the trip