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Mr Steve
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That's 5 Minutes
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Give someone 5 minutes and you might just change your opinion .
Pro505XL with KL 203 P
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Mating an amplifier to your radio. Uniden Bearcat Pro505XL internal adjustments and attaching an RM Italy KL 203-P. How to make your $150 investment sound like a really big radio. Step by step instructions to attaching a small linear to your radio resulting in big sound for little money. Note: FCC limitations are 4 watts on the Citizen Band frequencies.
Pro 510XL FREE power upgrade and swing mod DIY
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This video will show you how to increase the power of the modern Uniden Pro 510XL to the legal limit as well as increase your modulation swing at no cost to you. The "out of the box" current Pro 510XL is set below the legal 4-watt power limit and has been heavily restricted with regard to peak or modulation power. In this video I show you how to increase the wattage output to the legal 4 watts ...
Maverick 250 Tuning - D & A Definitive Tuning Guide
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Complete tuning guide for the D & A Maverick 250 sweep tube linear amplifier with documentation from the factory. Learn how to properly tune your amplifier for maximum output and protection to your equipment. This time old glass tube amplifier will delight the best of the 10 meter operator as well as the 11 meter CB enthusiast. Please note that the maximum 11 meter power transmission is 4.5 wat...
Mounting the MaCo V5000 / V58 video 3 of 3
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Final mounting of the MaCo V5000 / V58 after pre-assembly.
Assembling the Maco V5000 / V58 video 2 of 3
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Pre-assembly of the MaCo V5000 antenna.
Maco V5000 / V58 What's in the Box? Video 1 of 3
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Opening the Maco V5000 antenna box.
62 Sunbeam Alpine Rescue
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This car suffered a collision and was parked for 25 years in the desert. The engine, transmission, and rear end are still there. The plan is to remove the 1.6L British drive train and replace it with a Ford 289, 4 speed transmission and 8 inch rear end.
Empi VW Beetle Dash Pad Installation
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Empi 00-4435-0 Replacement Bug Dash Review
Next up, Spectrum analyzer, let's see where all you just splatter those watts to.
what makes this one do more watts? and other than that will it do just as good as the 1200 watt version? and this does about 5 db. the A99 says it does 9. so is the a99 better? so confusing
What blow the pipes???
I love those radios I want to get myself another one I'm looking for a d104 microphone 🎙️ I've been keeping my eyes open for one I'm going to save up my money for one my best friend's going to work on my antenna so I can get my antenna back up in the air so I need longer elements my element broke so he's going to put new elements on it and be good to go that's a really good radio
I have a Sirtel S2000
Perfect.
People who post crap that have no clue what they are doing and in most cases even know why. Smdh one more radio destroyed by a noob.
Walcott is the worst. Worst customer service and techs. DO NOT LET THE TUNE YOUR RADIO!!!!
Probably set below factory settings and no drive since that looks cleanest on scope
Hi! Do you have service manual for this?
I have a radio like that, when i press the ptt on the microphone to transmit no bar appears on the display, What could it be? Greetings from Monterrey México
Supiste cuál era el problema?
@elpinchericky1843 yes, two diode
All of the 505 xl radios must not be the same inside. Mine only has 2 adjustments, squelch and S meter.
what did you not read IT IS A $ 60.00 XLT C B radio 40 channel running at 13.5 amps
No it requires 13.8 volts at approximately an amp and a half.
Why is your hoop attached just the opposite of Macos video and instructions The bottom part of hoop should be on top of lower bracket
This is how the paper directions indicate the orientation.
Bad idea to twist that harmonic null adjustment in the back unless of course you want to see more wattage out but you'll notice when you turn the wattage up the SWR goes up to now why could that possibly be gee maybe it's because you're not adding any wattage on the 11 m BAND you're just turning up the harmonic wattage on 6 m and 81 and 108 MHz and on up the band no you don't want harmonics your antenna is not tuned for that that causes the final to heat up and pop also causes spurious interference just leave the precisely tuned harmonic choke alone in the back.
I agree, I own one, added an Astatic D104M6B and it sounds awesome on the air. Messing around with these radios is just bad pratice. It also sounds great when used as a base station.
Don't do it.leave it alone.
Looks like a much newer PCB than the one I just modified
My rear 6lq 6s don't light up what do you think's wrong with it
They're not getting power or are dead
Won't the wind knock it over?
We do get some VERY strong winds, but the antenna tripod is bolted to the roof and the antenna is surprisingly flexible.
I just bought a new one off Amazon and the board is different than what you show in the video, I can't see a D203 diode anywhere and the only one underneath that metal is D201, do you know if the D201 will do the same as removing D203?
@JohnVeitch1 did you ever find out the answer to your question? I was thinking about buying one from Amazon. Doesn’t seem to be a lot of info out there on the newer ones.
The Amp is on top of the radio in the beginning now the Amp is on the bottom of the radio 🤔🤔🤔
It is on the top of the radio.
Do not do this crap...make u sound like shit
This is the best video for this amp I have seen on yt. Would this be the same tuning sequence for the newer brown face Maverick dual power amp that came just after the grey? Also did you set the swr calibrate while the amp was keyed up? Again, thanks for sharing all this great info' about these fine amplifiers! 73 160 MI. ✌
The tuning sequence should be the same for all Mavericks as well as other tube linears. Always set your SWR calibration keyed up. You will have to reset calibration if you turn the amp off and run your radio standalone.
I would have just used the ANL switch on the front of the radio. Just wire the ANL so its always on. ( I never turn it off anyway lol ) Then use the switch in series with one leg of the diode to have the best of both worlds. Can't hear me, flips switch... Can You Hear Me NOW !!!lol
The right way is is to change the value of the loading resistor ..and get the deadkey to about 1 watt and when u modulate u will see 25 plus... But there is some other parts u must change ..do not remove the diode ... U want to put a cap and and diode in series ...
U took all the headroom out the the average ... U do t want to do this
Great video. Im subscribed. Im in the market for a new base station ground plane. Im on the fence between this Maco V58, the new Sirio Monsoon, a Solarcon MaxOptimizer or for one of the 3 big boys, i.e. Excaliber, Shockwave or Colossal 10k. Can you give me your thoughts? Id like to make a video of my upgrade one day. Just a big decision you know? Lol.
Well, I believe the maximum wattage you think you might need will help with your decision.
@mrsteve9920 thanks. I'm only going to use a max of maybe 1000 watts ever. No more.
would not buy a Radio without sideband.
SSB is about all I talk on except for the local rag chew station. Obviously not with this radio. This radio is for emergency use .
Could I possibly get a copy of the manual
Decrease Power Increase deviation Equals slightly garbled voice over lower power. So why do it?? Also, the KL203P will happily handle 6 to 8 watts on am and fm, and 10 to 15 watts PEP on ssb. As a guide the output from the 203p is average of 10x the input.
This is an am radio, not FM.. there is no deviation with amplitude modulation
I have one of these but is says thunderbird 350?(looks like homemade stickers) but looks just like this 250 u have here in video showed n learned a lot I am most grateful some more information on this particular model (serial no. DPM-51077) I turned the dials or knobs wen I ran it just a lil bit idk what I was doing and if my meters waz correct was doing about 900watts most I seen was 1200 so I cruise on 900 b gladly to share pictures and any video of this box if I can learn a little more again thank you for this video you done really showed me how to tune the box 💯
Awesome output, be sure you are not driving the amp too hard with your radio ;)
Back in the cb days I had one worked great till I accidentally had to many beers one night and drove about 150 watts into her. She wasn’t happy about that at all.
Been there, done that, replaced the caps and tubes :) had 900 watts for a few minutes!!
I dont get it: this is the second (US)video about the Kl203p amp Saying only 2 watt The specs says Max 10 Watt input. Being causious I set my dead key/ Radio to 8 to 8,5 watts Wich gives me dependant at frequency between 80 and 110 watts output! It doesnt blow up! This is on Fm . On AM I the variable output of the radio drops , so I also turn it a bit up till 8 watts
It will definitely shorten the life of your amp. The 10 watts your saying is for SSB only P.E.P..
How's the plan?
I sold it along with a second chassis to a gentleman in Iowa.
Do you have any amplifiers for sale now?
Sorry, no.
Any way I could get a copy of that manual?
I don't recommend more than 1 watt imput with this amp. 2 watts or more will cause it to splatter, and probably also cause a squeal in a cheap radio. I have a KL203P connected to a President McKinley radio, with the power turned down to 1 watt, it seems to work fine, no squeal, and will not overdrive the amp and burn it out. This amp uses MOSFETS, and they are pretty fragile.
Why would you say it's ok to use a metal screwdriver ??
Because there is no power present when the unit is disconnected.
@@mrsteve9920 the metal causes a problem being on those pots. If you just touch the metal screwdriver there and take it off and touch it and take it off a few times you'll see on a meter or a good test equipment the effect of that. The metal screwdriver will not flex and you run the risk of damaging the pot or the adjustment. The plastic alignment tool will give in flex a little bit before damaging the component
I just acquired one of these. I really don’t know much about it. All the tubes light up. That’s about all I know. Any chance you could provide any docs on this thing?
My swr goes from a 1/1 to a 2/1 during rain snow or ice. Measurements are good, coax seal on coax.. drip loop on wire and coax itself, the swr is great in good weather. Horrible in rain. It blew up my 700$ carl built amplifier.. I didn't know it started raining, shew. I talk all over the world. But this high swr in rain is killing me.
I’m assuming this is only an issue when pushing lots of power?
@gmeister03 it cost me a $700 box. So yeah its a problem. I covered all joints with silicone caulk yesterday. Fingers crossed it fixes it.
@@baylenthedogg3242 that suck. I’m not planning on pushing more than 60 watts. I hope it don’t kill my radio
@gmeister03 if you run below a 2/1 or even 3/1 on a barefoot radio especially a new one like a stryker or anytone like mine then your fine. They have automatic swr protection built in. But they can about all handle anything below 3/1.. running power is where your problem is. Most boxes say no more then 1.3swr
i have not had any problem with mine going to high swr in rain etc, running high power you need to be using rfc400 coax minimum or you will have a high swr from using smaller coax did you use the coax seal? if not you did not you could have water in your coax
I still have a hard time understanding why the copper wire (center lead for the coax) is connected to ground. Would it short out the output section of the radio or amplifier?
on the very top how far dose it gos in
It kind of doesn't matter. You simply need to land the overall measurement. What is it.... 248" top to bottom? And that's right to the bottom where the mast slides into the base of the antenna. 248 tip to bottom and use the wire/coil combo to fine tune. As long as the length is right that coil will do the rest I promise
Mines like 6 inches in. Then a check My overall length. It's pretty easy once you've done it a few times.
It’s recommended to insert an extra inline fuse on the amp if you are connecting to a cigarette connection!
easy assembly i did mine in about 25 min
took me 3 hours
Do I need to tune my radio before I use one of these
Tuning your radio is a good idea with or without an amplifier. If by "tune" you are referring to lowering the radio's output power, then yes.
Removing the AMC limiter destroys the audio quality. Don't do this.
It Shure does, you can lift leg on D-14 cathode end and add a 15ohm 1/4 watt resistor to Negative end . Look for black band on diode. 1987 older model
First thing I did was replaced the hardware with stainless steel
500 dollar antenna came without SS? wow
@ yeah unfortunately
You would think that the connecting wire would be thicker for 5000 watts. I'll have to run it through the Watt's Law calculator. Current equals the square root of power divided by resistance, so the wire needs to be able to handle 10 amps.
It's a very short wire though that's worth taking note of
And it's also a bare wire. Which means it can heat without damaging anything. Unless it fries to a crisp. In the latter case you shouldn't slam a 10k slug in the corner on this antenna without some major upgrades. Can totally totally be done though
@@bparker86 If you fabricate a copper rod like the Ringo uses the problem goes away.
If it was me I would set the radio dead key down to about 2 1/2 Watts and you will probably get a little louder modulation. And most likely you will probably get a better average forward swing.
IIRC, the 6AQ5 is the tube that operates the keying circuit. From the manual, that's a post-1974 amp because that's when the radio power limits were changed from 5 watts input on AM/15 watts input PEP on SSB to the current 4 watts output on AM/12 watts output on SSB. These were quite popular before 1972 because the most popular antennas could handle the power output. The CLR2 was rated for 300 watts and the Super Magnum was rated for 350 watts. If you wanted to run a Phantom, Skipper 300, or bigger you needed a beam, Mosley Devant, or the Astro Plane. That changed when the Penetrator and Starduster were introduced in 1972.
Can u make a video on the older bored
The output of these amps is full of harmonics, which means that your transmitting on many frequencies all at the same time, not what you want to do, particularly if you're doing something that is illegal. Consider using a low pass filter between the amp and the your antenna, this will remove the harmonics.
Only if you overdrive it. Use no more than ONE watt in, and it will be fine.
Nobody cares
@@ragheadand420roll maybe, but it's probably that people just don't know. I'd cleanup output with a simple LPF.
@@geraldscott4302 Not sure if what you say is true, I will have to test. However my amp amplifies about ten time, so I would get about 10 watts out, not worth the trouble. An approximate 3db improvement, by adding an amp, over a stock radio would hardly be noticeable.
it runs a 7 watts it is a CB radio entry level.
Looks like removing the diode causes overmodulation and distortion. Audio is best at about 60-70% modulation and no higher. Otherwise distortion reigns and your signal splatters over 3 channels. But whatever. It’s just CB, right?
I love how guys talk about splatter. Pretty sure it's only detected when running large amounts of power. In the real world if it don't splatter, it don't matter. You keep trying to make contacts with your 60-70% modulation. 😅 I'll walk right over you. Small block 422 Illinois gettin down 73s
Don't get me wrong, I do not promote the removal of any limiters in a radio. They usually have a variable you can turn up instead to achieve the 100% modulation you want out of a radio. I'd recommend doing that instead and put ur on a scope if you have such test equipment.
If you got a HAM license you could use 1.5 KW legally.
Not on 11 meters