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Lafayette Com-Phone 23. Info

‎I am looking for a copy of the manual for‎ Lafayette Com-Phone 23. ‎Any help is welcome‎. Jorge. Translated to English, by moderator

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Stock Cobra 148 GTL with Freq counter plug in back?

Saw this for sale locally and the pictures are cut off but it looks like this is a stock Cobra 148 GTL and on the back I swear I can see a F for "Freq" right above a frequency counter plug. Maybe my...

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Unexpected CB radio movie

I thought i had seen all the campy 70's CB movies, but i ran across a movie on youtube last night that features CB radio quite prominently, even if it's not the main subject matter of the movie. the...

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Johnson 250-888-2 Microphone

Hi guys i'm in need of information on how to wire a johnson 250-888-2 mic with a 4 wire cable and johnson 5 pin plug attached already to use on a Johnson Messenger 250 50th anniversary radio. The radio...

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No voltage to Final Transistor,confused???HELP

Howdy,Cobra29LTD Classic, I have around 15+ Volts to one leg, it would be the outer leg that goes up, that has the power, same with the driver,only15+ volts to the left outside leg that goes up on the...

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Cobra 18 Ultra Crystal HELP

I have a Cobra 18 Ultra on my bench that I am trying to fix for a friend. When I took the covers off, I noticed that it was a victim of the old corrosive glue. I was able to remove all the glue and...

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Galaxy Saturn

Hello everyone have a Saturn here giving me the blues. No carrier or modulation found the finals were blown. Changed them out now I have 2 watts carrier no matter where I set the pots. Still no...

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2 tone ssb options

I have a function generator can it be used to check leanrity on ssb ?

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Looking for some info on my vintage radios

I have a couple of vintage tube CB radio's here that I've talked about here on the forum before . They both have their stock mics , but I was wondering what mics would be the best to wire up , and use...

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Cobra 29ltd issue

I have a 29ltd I picked up cheap that I'm trying to get back in service that had a mosfet conversion and they had ran it into a high swr of and smoked the final.... it totally smoked D8... so I...

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RCI8719 sub for MB8719?

Can’t seem to get a straight answer on this. Can you use the RCI8719 chip in place of the “classic” MB8719 chip in a Cobra chassis? Thanks!

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Amp coax jumper length

Does the jumper length affect the performance of the radio any on tx/rx.. I'm going to be using a fatboy 450- 2x2879 with my general lee and Wilson 1000 and need to use a 6 foot jumper between the amp...

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RX tune of Cobra 2000

I had posted this question a while ago but since the thread has been dormant for awhile, i wanted to post it again. My 2000 seems to have weak receive. I have tried to peak all the coils. I seem to...

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Uniden PC122, low AM modulation

Hi all, I received an unmodified PC122 that was still in the box, never used. SSB shows full 12 watts, but AM very little swing, almost unnoticable. I adjusted the AM carrier down to 2 watts and varied...

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Kop's "not mine" thread

From time to time I spot junque while looking for other junque . I'll post it here. The usual disclaimer applies. I have zero idea what the condition of the artice is and know even less about the...

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Need a close up pic inside Cobra 2000

Hi, Any chance someone has or can take a close up pic on the solder side of the board where L7,8,9 ,10 come together? Need to see clean stock solder connections for a messy repair. Thank you in advance!

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Who adds chokes on inside power leads for radios without them?

Was watching a Lester video tonight and he pointed out the McKinley didn't have any chokes on the inside power input which I hadn't noticed before. I know the Lincoln and Richard have them so surprised...

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Sold as-is and No returns due to parts swappers

I'm seeing this posted on almost every CB listing on eBay and online these days and just wondering if this is as big of an issue as the listings make it out to be. I've bought and sold 100's of radios...

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SUPERSTAR 121 & OLD HOOKER 100 REPAIR & RESTORE

Too much to talk about here and I have little time but wanted to post this so Todd could get a look-see I still have a few things to touch upon this restore but for the most part, it is FINISHED!!!...

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Caps list for Cobra 2000

I'm looking for a caps list to replace the caps in my Cobra 2000 GTL

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