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Hey Eastside in for sale section


If I may add...

Most likely they have increased the value of the bypass caps in the TX and RX audio chains.

However, if you run a standard CB Mic (spec'ed 300-4500 Hz), you will still sound like a normal CB on the air.

To get the "Hi-Fi" (and I use that term loosely) you need at least a low end studio mic and a basic Mic preamp... That will get you a fuller, more natural tone on the TX audio.
 
Bow said:
If I may add...

Most likely they have increased the value of the bypass caps in the TX and RX audio chains.

However, if you run a standard CB Mic (spec'ed 300-4500 Hz), you will still sound like a normal CB on the air.

To get the "Hi-Fi" (and I use that term loosely) you need at least a low end studio mic and a basic Mic preamp... That will get you a fuller, more natural tone on the TX audio.
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Hey RB. :)

Yep....just need the modded radio...this is as far as I have got.

http://www.worldwidedx.com/installation-station-setup/133768-video-my-hi-fi-citizens-band-radio.html
 
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Bow said:
Do you know how to solder?

You can open up a 148 for "Hi-Fi" for about $5 worth of capacitors
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No...I am very sloppy...barely managed to solder the phone jacks on the ptt and the jack into the mixer....plus I have bad vision....have to use a magnifying glass to see the #s on the board.....also I am afraid I might overheat the board and short it out....also I do not know if you use heat sinks when soldering caps on circuit boards?
 
9C1Driver said:
http://www.worldwidedx.com/cb-radio-gear-swapshop/135512-wtb-cobra-148-a.html
Since it's retarded that I can't post a question in the sale section I will ask here.
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What is REALLY retarded is that grown people cannot abide by the simple rules set forth and due to constant violations of the simple rules regarding bitching and complaining about something offered for sale and the asking price even when those doing the bitching had no plan whatsoever to make an offer the reply feature had to be turned off. There is a thing called PM's or Private Messages that you can use to contact the seller to ask questions. Don't blame the admins for this. Blame those that just can't resist temptation.
 
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That's why we can't have nice things.


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Captain Kilowatt said:
What is REALLY retarded is that grown people cannot abide by the simple rules set forth and due to constant violations of the simple rules regarding bitching and complaining about something offered for sale and the asking price even when those doing the bitching had no plan whatsoever to make an offer the reply feature had to be turned off. There is a thing called PM's or Private Messages that you can use to contact the seller to ask questions. Don't blame the admins for this. Blame those that just can't resist temptation.
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In this case one post saying, whats this hifi mod you seek? And he explains and boom done. Then 17 other people can read it in ten seconds instead of sending off pm's.


Eastside, a local guy did a bunch of work to Washington base in an efort to broadband the radio and then run it with lots of rack gear. In the end he sold it and bought a loaded ham radio and was much happier.
 
9C1Driver said:
In this case one post saying, whats this hifi mod you seek? And he explains and boom done. Then 17 other people can read it in ten seconds instead of sending off pm's.
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Just explaining the reason things are as they are. If you can come up with a way to automatically know who wants to ask a simple question and weed those posts out from the dumbasses that just want to stir the pot then speak up. We would LOVE to hear it. Right now there are two options;no replies or have all replies moderated before being posted and guess which just is not going to happen.
 
9C1Driver said:
Eastside, a local guy did a bunch of work to Washington base in an efort to broadband the radio and then run it with lots of rack gear. In the end he sold it and bought a loaded ham radio and was much happier.
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It all depends what you are looking for...

To run AM on 11 meters, you can get some great audio on the cheap...

A few cap mods to the right radio, a basic outboard processor, and a decent mic, and you are sounding great on the 11 meter band in AM mode...

SSB is harder to do on an 11 Meter rig and not worth the effort.
 
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This is EXACTLY the reason the replies have been shut off, everyone feels they have to put their 2 cents in on why the mod is done or how stupid it is or how bad the soldering is done. NONE of it actually has to do with the sale.

There are 30+ other sections where discussion is allowed.

Bringing it to another section like what was done here is acceptable because you do not affect the for sale ad.

If you see something you don't like in a for sale ad in the news paper, reply directly to that ad,,,,,,,,,,,,

If you don't like something in an ad on craigslist, reply directly to that ad,,,,,,,

If you don't like something in an ad on eBay, reply directly to that ad,,,,,,,,

OH WAIT, you can't



So, take it leave it.

Bow said:
It all depends what you are looking for...

To run AM on 11 meters, you can get some great audio on the cheap...

A few cap mods to the right radio, a basic outboard processor, and a decent mic, and you are sounding great on the 11 meter band in AM mode...

SSB is harder to do on an 11 Meter rig and not worth the effort.
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9C1Driver said:
In this case one post saying, whats this hifi mod you seek? And he explains and boom done. Then 17 other people can read it in ten seconds instead of sending off pm's.


Eastside, a local guy did a bunch of work to Washington base in an efort to broadband the radio and then run it with lots of rack gear. In the end he sold it and bought a loaded ham radio and was much happier.
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9C1Driver said:
http://www.worldwidedx.com/cb-radio-gear-swapshop/135512-wtb-cobra-148-a.html

Since it's retarded that I can't post a question in the sale section I will ask here. What in the world do you mean by tx rx hifi mod???? Sounds like something a truck driver paid 75 bucks for from some hack shop and now brags on channel 19. And he has no idea he just got ripped off.
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Bow said:
If I may add...

Most likely they have increased the value of the bypass caps in the TX and RX audio chains.

However, if you run a standard CB Mic (spec'ed 300-4500 Hz), you will still sound like a normal CB on the air.

To get the "Hi-Fi" (and I use that term loosely) you need at least a low end studio mic and a basic Mic preamp... That will get you a fuller, more natural tone on the TX audio.
Click to expand...

Bow said:
Do you know how to solder?

You can open up a 148 for "Hi-Fi" for about $5 worth of capacitors
Click to expand...
 
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