Nice set up there. I was born in NJ in 1971, to Florida in 1985, moved back temporarily in 1988 and moved to PA, and been here ever since. I'm glad to be out of NJ. Like your channel as well. take care. and thank you for showing us your 142 GTL.
Those were good performing radios in the day. I used to have 1 myself. Height rules, when it comes to hearing and getting out on a radio. Some amateur radio operators, build a 160 meter loop antenna, supported by 150 + foot tall towers and they work all of North America daily on whatever band is in and can be worked. 80 and 160 meter bands are mostly night time bands. Your antenna is your biggest variable in your radio station. You could build a cubicle quad as a 3 element antenna using plain ole stranded awg 14 copper wire and PVC pipe as material to build it. A 3 element quad built and tuned for 11 meters, would be awesome. Get it up above the general tree line and using that Palomar 225 and your cobra 142, it would be awesome. Use about 7 ferrite beads over your coax cable feeding the antenna, to prevent the coax from radiation of tx signal. The cubicle quad antenna is very simple. Just arrange it to be vertical orientation. Aluminum beam antennas are good, but fall far short of what a simple quad can do, and the quad is far less expensive. Spend your money on good low loss coax like lmr-400 and a short run of rg8 or rg213 stranded center conductor coax, that is flexible on top so you rotator can move and be free. LMR 400 uses 10 guage copper center conductor in construction of that coax. It's not tollerant to flexing. Hence the stranded core coax is needed to allow the antenna to be rotated by the rotator. A simple 3 wire channel master type rotator will work as long as boom length, doesn't get too long. 16 feet, would be about as long as boom as it could handle. Then you can get on ssb and make some contacts. Don't use a power microphone on ssb, because it will distortion your signal out and others can't tune you in. Beside it splatters too (NOT GOOD). A CLEAN TRANSMITTED SIGNAL IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT. All that pep swing meter pegging out stuff is total garbage, that benefits no one. Hopefully, your can try this method, and get great results. 73 and GOD bless 🙏 Earnest K5EWM. PS. I have been a licensed amateur radio operator for decades. A good clean clear undistorted audio signal will bust through any pile up on the air. Just my experience. Have a good one and 73👍, K5EWM
I've been in CB radio and ham since 1977 and I can't stand when people hack radios this 5 pin Cobra 142 GTL. this guy says the previous owner changed it from 5 pin to 4 pin and he couldn't get it to work. I don't understand there's adapters there's also other mics you can get or just wire a mic up for it don't change the DNA of the radio. one day I believe there won't be any original radios left because everybody has to stick their hands in them and change the DNA of the radio. not telling people what they should do what's their equipment but that's just my honest humble opinion!! it's going to come time where there won't be any more original radios from back in the day😡😢
I totally agree with you, man, that’s why I buy those adapters. They’re much cheaper than replacing the radio people hack up with their golden screwdrivers.😂.
Nice set up there. I was born in NJ in 1971, to Florida in 1985, moved back temporarily in 1988 and moved to PA, and been here ever since. I'm glad to be out of NJ. Like your channel as well. take care. and thank you for showing us your 142 GTL.
Well, thank you very much,I appreciate it.
My 1st base too. 19.... now I use one every day paid 75 bucks at fleamarket. Omg best radio ever made.
I agree, I use my cobra way more than I use my Yeasu ft do 1200
Those were good performing radios in the day. I used to have 1 myself. Height rules, when it comes to hearing and getting out on a radio. Some amateur radio operators, build a 160 meter loop antenna, supported by 150 + foot tall towers and they work all of North America daily on whatever band is in and can be worked. 80 and 160 meter bands are mostly night time bands. Your antenna is your biggest variable in your radio station. You could build a cubicle quad as a 3 element antenna using plain ole stranded awg 14 copper wire and PVC pipe as material to build it. A 3 element quad built and tuned for 11 meters, would be awesome. Get it up above the general tree line and using that Palomar 225 and your cobra 142, it would be awesome. Use about 7 ferrite beads over your coax cable feeding the antenna, to prevent the coax from radiation of tx signal. The cubicle quad antenna is very simple. Just arrange it to be vertical orientation. Aluminum beam antennas are good, but fall far short of what a simple quad can do, and the quad is far less expensive. Spend your money on good low loss coax like lmr-400 and a short run of rg8 or rg213 stranded center conductor coax, that is flexible on top so you rotator can move and be free. LMR 400 uses 10 guage copper center conductor in construction of that coax. It's not tollerant to flexing. Hence the stranded core coax is needed to allow the antenna to be rotated by the rotator. A simple 3 wire channel master type rotator will work as long as boom length, doesn't get too long. 16 feet, would be about as long as boom as it could handle. Then you can get on ssb and make some contacts. Don't use a power microphone on ssb, because it will distortion your signal out and others can't tune you in. Beside it splatters too (NOT GOOD). A CLEAN TRANSMITTED SIGNAL IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT. All that pep swing meter pegging out stuff is total garbage, that benefits no one. Hopefully, your can try this method, and get great results. 73 and GOD bless 🙏 Earnest K5EWM.
PS. I have been a licensed amateur radio operator for decades. A good clean clear undistorted audio signal will bust through any pile up on the air. Just my experience. Have a good one and 73👍, K5EWM
My first base station when I was a kid
That's a nice unit!
Yes it definitely is
That’s a score!
Oh… Definitely a score, so excited to use it
I've been in CB radio and ham since 1977 and I can't stand when people hack radios this 5 pin Cobra 142 GTL. this guy says the previous owner changed it from 5 pin to 4 pin and he couldn't get it to work. I don't understand there's adapters there's also other mics you can get or just wire a mic up for it don't change the DNA of the radio. one day I believe there won't be any original radios left because everybody has to stick their hands in them and change the DNA of the radio. not telling people what they should do what's their equipment but that's just my honest humble opinion!! it's going to come time where there won't be any more original radios from back in the day😡😢
I totally agree with you, man, that’s why I buy those adapters. They’re much cheaper than replacing the radio people hack up with their golden screwdrivers.😂.