Cobra 148GTL DX mk2

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@philiprhodes5537 2 жыл бұрын

Nice tidy looking standard radio that one fella.. Got a mk2 myself and love the thing and it still does exactly what it did back in the 70’s and 80’s and as standard as when it left the factory

@davidbanner9001 2 жыл бұрын

Nice. I had a fully modded 148 MK2, it was probably the best rig I ever had.

@reddog694uk 8 ай бұрын

So do I, Totally Best cb Radio ever developed !

@M7XCB 4 жыл бұрын

I've had cobras from 1979 and it still the best radios today.

@conocasey 10 ай бұрын

Great Vintage model.I had one 🎉

@conocasey 10 ай бұрын

I bought a new cobra 40 channel recently.Nobody really on the air in Trim Co Meath Ireland

@conocasey 10 ай бұрын

Tractors that should have been🎉

@AndrewHCann 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video and radio have seen one since 1994 a person knew had one to!

@anthonyhussain5888 2 жыл бұрын

have got Cobra 148GTL DX mk2 good radio just need to my ham test i from birmingham uk

@gmcallsuk 3 жыл бұрын

I had two in boxes but sold them both. Highly illegal in any country, but wonderful radios I got the ham license back in the eighties but don't forget my CB roots. When the sunspot was right we had some fun on theses radios and back in the am days everyone had them...sort of died when the Government legalised the fm version.

@zukispur5493 3 жыл бұрын

Highly illegal? No one cares.

@gmcallsuk 3 жыл бұрын

@@zukispur5493 Oh but they did care back in the day. I remember a few Ham International multimode II's and Cobras being confiscated and their owners fined back in the day when they sent the detector vans out here in the UK. Antennas over 1.5 metres was another thing that is why I got my ham license as I got fed up with the worry of getting my rig/antenna confiscated.

@zukispur5493 3 жыл бұрын

@@gmcallsuk I thought you meant now. Sorry.

@gmcallsuk 3 жыл бұрын

@@zukispur5493 No problem. I imagine modern TVs and radios are better at rejecting tvi than back in the day. It was literally out of control tens of thousands of am sets (maybe more) found their way into the UK. Not only that there were huge number of linear amplifiers power mikes speech processors echoe boxes and not uncommon for certain operators to be occuping 10 channels either side of the channel they were transmitting on or bleeding across the entire band when trying to be heard over S9 skip from Italy or on occasion the USA. CQ CQ CQ DX could be heard on any channel and those of us lucky to have side band sets like the Cobra had the best results on dx. Hams hated us and this easy dx comms with a passion as they tuned across a band where we were on and fumed with green envy at the unrestricted fun we were having local comms, world wide comms, QSL cards the lot. There is little doubt the home office were inundated with complaints from green hams and a few genuine people suffering from tvi. Most tvi problems were sorted out amicably with neighbours with say some ferrite rings or RFI filters all available at the time. Other moaners just jumped on the band wagon at this flagrant disregard for UK law when CB fever swept across the land. Great fun and great time to be alive no doubt the element of danger fueling the fun.

@zukispur5493 3 жыл бұрын

@@gmcallsuk I enjoyed that read. Thank you👍

@davidritchie6523 4 жыл бұрын

I had a cobra 148gtl back in the 90s i dont no if it was a mk1 or mk2 were the cobras the exact same as the superstar 3900

@onthebench3606 4 жыл бұрын

Hi , the Superstar 3900 had another 3 blocks of 40

@conocasey 10 ай бұрын

At least you didn’t modify it!

@onthebench3606 10 ай бұрын

Never!

@conocasey 10 ай бұрын

Don’t mess with perfection ❤

@LeeKirkman88 3 жыл бұрын

Mk2 is the best the mk1 is great on ssb but has more tx audio distortion on fm. Especially is not set correctly. They are prone to lazy needles too. As it uses 2 signal diodes you can try bridging one That lets alot more signal in and gives you more meter movement or you can upgrade them both.

@zukispur5493 3 жыл бұрын

Mk 1 has better ears. The lazy needle thing can be sorted. No tx distortion on my one. (Teardrop 575 m6 mic) had a erpom board fitted for the Muppet chanels

@LeeKirkman88 Жыл бұрын

@@zukispur5493 I beg to differ kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZCwm3aGaqyliNk

@Birminghamcityutb Жыл бұрын

Do you know a good rig doctor in Birmingham. I have a 148 that need’s looking at

@onthebench3606 Жыл бұрын

Sorry matey, I do not, anymore...

@davidritchie6523 4 жыл бұрын

just picked up a 148 gtl dx what power supply are you using to power it up if i remember rite back in the day the early 90s it was a 7 amp we were all using ..thanks in advance

@onthebench3606 4 жыл бұрын

Hi there, realistically a 3 to 5 would run it easily, as full current would be around 3 amps on ssb so 2 amp breathing room

@davidritchie6523 4 жыл бұрын

@@onthebench3606 Thanks i had a wee 3 to 5 in the cuboard for years wish i kept it no thanks agin i would have went or the 5 to 7 so i will probs pick up a 3 to 5 alot easeir and cheeper