Cobra 150 and 200 GTL

[cbshack]

I had a truck driver come through with one a few days ago and he was very happy with the radio after I aligned and converted the radio for him. I concur with Dave from DTB Radio, I like what I saw. I must admit I had to get out my magnifying glass to see some of those tiny components.

 

[Cheech]

So Im just currious how does one of theese things compare to an S-9? I have heard S-9s and they sound nice but the price is crazy, same for the Galaxy 95t!

 

[DTB Radio]

For the mony, I don't think it can be beaten. I've not heard one single complaint about that radio yet.

 

[Cheech]

Thats cool!

 

[Drifter]

I just got one from Copper..... Waiting on it to arrive. I have the S9 in the shack but I am going to put the 200GTL in the mobile..... Can hardly wait to fire it up and test it

 

[DTB Radio]

I had a customer come in the other day and ask me to turn his 200 DOWN! Claimed he was doing TOO well, and living less than an hour from the FCC's national headquarters, he was afraid the FCC might target him.

 

[Cheech]

LMAO thats crazy! But I would not worry if I was him they are to dumb to know what going on and if hes not messing anything up they wont bother him.

 

[BIONIC_TEXAN88]

dtb,

my buddy just got a 200gtl brand new tuned and peeked by out local tech. he sounds real good on am lo and hi pwr but on ssb hi pwr the 1st few words of his transmission are real staticy and after that u can start to understand him. is the radio cranked up too hi and overmodualting?

btw, on ssb low pwr he sounds decent and hi really sucks. i am not impressed at all on the ssb part of this radio. maybe if he gets it turned down a lil bit it might be better, but i wasnt impressed on how good the signal was on my rx when he was talking to me.

i thought this radio was really gonna be a talker, i hope it can be.

 

[Drifter]

Mann..... The heat sink on the back of the 200GTL is huge....... The radio looks good, feel solid as a rock Man.... this thing is huge compared to my S9. I will let you know how it performs for me when I set it up this weekend.

 

[Sonwatcher]

I just heard my first Cobra 200. A guy was in a mobile in Florida on 38lsb. He was loud and crystal clear. He told someone the audio clears up at 100 watts. He doesn't run it at full power. He said he keeps it at about 110.

 

[Devildog]

Hey SW, Thanks for the report. I got one on the way.

 

[Drifter]

I finally got to use my 200. I must say I am enjoying this radio. DEAD KEY AT 100watts and swings to about 150watts on AM :shock: I have not transmitted on sideband yet... I have not experienced any of the problems that other people are complaining about... I am "inlove" with my S9 but I am having an "affair" with my 200GTLDX.

 

[Drifter]

riq165 What kinda amps is the 200 pulling? What size amp power supply are you running the 200 on?

Mine is pulling 18amps.

 

[DTB Radio]

If you have a 200 keying 100 on high, you need to back it off to around 35 watts. 100 is way too high to be efficiently modulated. A general rule of thumb is to have a key wattage that is 4 times lower than your max PEP. for 150 watts, 37.5 is key power to look for, and its generally best to under-key just a tad.

 

[Sonwatcher]

DTB, That may be what he was referring to. He may have had it set to swing to that point.