Cobra 146GTL CB Radio for $46.00, will it work?

I bought a vintage Cobra 146GTL on eBay for $46.00. Will it work?

[@user-mc3ps5bh4h]

If you see this, confirming contact on 1/4/24. You are on frequency and the recapped radio sounds good, lots of highs and lows, good quality, good job. I look forward to more on the 146GTL. KR66 James Mississippi

[@indianachrisUDX1313]

Very Nice Rig~ Waiting to see it finished. 73's

[@robertvance1873]

I'd like to see it after the caps are done 👍

[@RidgeHikerAdventures]

I will definitely have a follow up video with the results. Thanks for watching and Happy New Year!

[@bobdillashaw4360]

I would have been really upset with that packaging job, that’s got to be one of the worst I’ve seen but glad it didn’t get messed up in shipping.

[@RidgeHikerAdventures]

The seller did have additional packing paper inside; I had removed it off camera. My worst experiences have been with radios bought on the Goodwill auction site. Some of the stores have horrible packaging. Thanks for watching, Happy New Year!

[@UDX4570PalmSprings-yh1mv]

Nice find. By chance does that rig have the same RF amp final "1969" which was also used in the Old Cobra 148 GTl's ???. For a while, I was getting reports that my 2970 was misalligned because it had a funky sound on the air, wel when I purchased the rig new, the CB shop "Unlocked" the clarifier and i completely forgot about that, not long ago I was in a QSO with a friend in Tennessee with the same issues, garbled audio, anyways, he brought up the idea to play with the clarifier while transmitting, anyways he got me back on track, nowi leave the clarifier alone, the audio was solved! Nice job, Iam looking forward to hearing about the final outcome. Take care, UDX-4570 Palm Springs saying 73's for now !✌️😏⚡️🎙

[@RidgeHikerAdventures]

Thanks for the comment! I did a little Googling on the Web and found a site that showed the mod to unlock the clarifier. It doesn't appear to have the mod. If I still get reports of funky audio, I will try playing around with the clarifier to see if that makes a distance. I'm hoping that it was only the capacitors. I went back and looked at the out of spec capacitors under a magnifying glass and saw a few that looked like they were leaking at the bottom by the legs. 73s.

[@jamesmcgee2447]

👍🏻👍🏻

[@Brantastic07]

Hey do you have any personal interests on scanners?

[@RidgeHikerAdventures]

Funny thing, I found an old Radio Shack handheld scanner in my mother in law’s garage and she gave it to me. I played around with it awhile and moved on to a Baofeng UV-5R. After that I decided I needed to get my ham license be able to talk on the radio. I have 3 of them now and keep one handy with all the local frequencies programmed in case of an emergency. 73s from 595 Lake Tahoe Nevada!