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"The Site" OOOOOO AHHHHHH!!!!!   For Sale 150 acres more or less with live creek,spring, and 3 ponds. Barn with lean to. Garage with a work shop & 2-1000 bushel grain bins. Garden spot. Hunt Deer- Turkey & Quail. Just 2 hours from a major city. Priced to sell at $150,000. Excellant fishing, near a nice big lake to take your boat out to go swimming, and fishing,sking etc... Need more information? Tele/Fax (316)754-3426 Email= Ross@ckt.net   Radio Mods Cherokee AH-100 Channel Modification: 1: Remove the Back cover. 2: Locate the small curcuit board that has the PTT, up, down, lamp buttons. 3: On the back side of the board, toward the bottom outside edge you'll see three curcuit lands that just END. 4: Solder a bridge across all three curcuit lands. 5: The modification is complete 6: Put the cover back on the transceiver. - If you have used the radio prior to performing this modification you will have troubles activating the feature. I had to leave my battery removed with the power switch in the ON position, with a shorting jumper across the battery supply clips for 24 hours. This made the microprocessor loose its brain. While leaving the radio power switch in the ON position and holding DOWN the CH9 button, slide the battery pack on the Unit. Remember to kepp holding down the CH9 button for at least 2 seconds after sliding on the Battery. At this time you'll see that the Display is blank, but the receiver is active, when you release the CH9 button the display will return. Now you are there. Using the CH9 button to select bands A, B, C, D, -E is not shown- as it is the normal band, F, G, H, I, J... Thats right 400 Channels. It covers the entire 10 Meter Ham Band! - At this time, and once you have got this function working, it is only Neccessary to power up the unit using the CH9 button held down to activate the feature, you do not need to drain the battery again and again. In fact if you perform the modification first, before you ever use the unit you may just slide on the pack after doing the mod. Then power up Holding down the CH9 button. - If you power up the unit without holding down the CH9 button the AH-100 will just operate normally. Just turn it off and power up holding down the CH9 button to reactivate the 10 bands of operation.   Cherokee AH-100 FM Receive plus 5k shift modifacation -Solder SJ2 Jumper pads located just left of the channel modification jumper. To change shift press CRSE button.   Cherokee AH-100 OPEN CLARIFIER MODIFCATION Locate jumper J94 located just left of C178 on main PC board. Locate jumper J132 cut J132, add insulated jumper between J94 and J132 (put jumper on J132 on half closest to the front of the radio).   Cherokee AH-100 Tweaks and Adjustments -RV1 RF Power Meter adjust RV2 Squelch Level adjust RV4 AM Carrier adjust RV7 Modulation Meter adjust RV11 13.8 Volt RV12 S-Meter Adjust Both AM and SSB. RV14 SSB ALC adjustment. RV50 Clarifer Center adjust   CBS 1000 Cherokee Cbs-100 Channel Modification: 1: Remove top cover. 2: Locate the back of the display boad. 3: On this board you should see two pins SJ3, Connect a jumer wire between the pins. 4: Power on the unit holding the EMG/CH9 button remember to hold the button for about 5 seconds after power is applied To change bands just press EMG/ CH9 button and the bands are labeled A,B,C,D,E is missing and is the CB band F,G,H,I, and J. (Coverage from 25.165-29.665Mhz)   Cherokee Cbs-1000 Unlocking the Clarifier 1. Remove top cover. 2.Locate jumpers J94 and J132 on main PCB. 3. Cut J132. 4. Add a jumper wire from J94 to cut side of J132 closest to X2.   Cherokee Cbs-1000 "PEAK & TWEAK" adjustents are: * VR4 AM carrier * VR5 Modulation * VR14 ALC ssb   Cherokee Cbs-1000 Modulation limiter modification - Remove the small transitor under WX board next to diode D24.   CBS 500 Cherokee Cbs-1000 Channel Modification: 1. Remove the top cover. 2. Look at the back of the faceplate circuit board and there is a jumper connector, like the type in your computer 3. Move this jumper off of the pins that it is on now and put them on the other 2 pins. 4. Replace the top cover. Once the channel modification has been done press channel 9-19 button and then turn on the radio. After this mod use the number 1 button to select different bands of 40 channels. (Coverage from 25.165-29.665Mhz)   CM-5 Mobile CM-5 Channel Modification 1. Remove the bottom cover, the one with the speaker holes. 2. Look toward the front faceplate circuit board and locate theloop of wire. * Normally green in color. Original Version. * New Version, Locate the jumper pins on the rear of the faceplate curcuit board. Remove Solder Bridge. 3. Cut or remove this wire. 4. Replace bottom cover. Once the channel modification has been done the CH9 button becomes, the band select button.The "Dual Watch" button will still work between bands. * (Set dual watch channel 17 band D, while listening to band C channel 19.)   CM-10 Mobile CM-10 Channel Modification. 1. Remove the bottom cover, the one with the speaker holes. 2. Locate the Black plastic plug 'CN5' It is in the front of the radio. 3. Pull the plug off and place it over one slot. THE STANDARD 11 METER BAND ON BAND D. Pull out the 'cal' switch for the extra channels. 4. Replace bottom cover.   AH-27 Handheld Cherokee Cbs-1000 Channel modifications 1) Remove the 4 screws from the rear panel * use a small screwdriver or you will "screw" it up. 2) Remove front cover.DO NOT LOOSE THE SPRING FROM THE BATTERY COVER! 3) Make a solder bridge across pads S07 OR S08, but not both. (see above picture) 4) Reassemble the radio. To select the extra bands press the "F" and the "UP/DOWN" buttons   Galaxy DX 2527 Galaxy DX 2527 Channel Mod Remove the top cover. Just above the PLL you will find a jumper block. There is only one jumper on this block..Move the jumper from bottom left position to top right position. DX 2527 Adjustments 1.VR 1....AM/FM S-Meter 2.VR 2....SSB S-Meter 3.VR 3....SSB Squelch Range 4.VR 4....AM/FM Squelch Range 5.VR 7....SSB Carrier Balance 6.VR 8....RF Meter 7.VR11...Driver Bias 8.VR12...SSB ALC 9.VR13...Hi Power 10.VR14...AMC 11.VR15...AM Low Power 12.VR16...SSB Low Power 13.VC 1....10.240 14.VC 2....10.240   Galaxy 99 Galaxy 99 Channel Mod 1.Remove the case and find the small circuit board (EOT004410Z) connected to the left side of the radio as viewed from the component side of the main chassis. 2.Find the wire that is connected to this circuit board(in step 1)..Remove this wire. 3.Remove the small screw that holds the small board on to the chassis. 4.Under this board you will find a 7 pin plug that is not connected to anything. Insert this plug into the empty socket on the small circuit board. 5.Replace screw back into the small board and close case.   Cobra 148 Expanding the Cobra 148GTL-DX/Superstar 360FM(PB010) Clip off the YELLOW, WHITE, & PINK wires from the ch.9 panel switch. Reconnect WHITE & PINK together for normal LED channel display. Cut off the GRAY wire from the HI/LO TONE panel switch. Remove the grounding jumper at pin 9 of the MC145106 PLL chip. Connect a small bare wire between the center terminals of the now free poles of the CH.9 & TONE switches. Add the two 1N914 diodes and additional switch wiring as shown below The extra frequencies will now appear in the Ch.12-40 positions of the CHANNEL SELECTOR with the BAND selector in the HIGH position. (The first 11 channels are repeats of existing channels.)The "ch9" position activates the expansion. In the LO TONE position you will get 28.195 Mhz (ch.12) to 28.495(ch.40).if you pull IC7 pins 4 & 2 HIGH at the same time you will get coverage up to 28.705 Mhz. This would need a three position switch.   25 GTL/LTD/CLASSIC AM LIMITER: D-19 POWER TWEAKS AM LIMITER: D-19 1. Change R76 (3.3k) to a 1k (located near mike socket) 2. Change R43 (10 Ohm) to a 2.7 Ohm. 3. Change R108 (1 Ohm) to a .47 Ohm. 4. Re-tune coils L10,L9,L8 for maximum forward power.   POWER TWEAK #2 1. Replace final with a 2SC1969 transistor. 2. Re-tune coils.   MODULATOR PARTS NEEDED: 1- 220uF electrolytic capacitor. 1- 100 to 200 Ohm resistor. (1/4 to 1/2 watt)   VARIABLE POWER 1. Find the two wires that are attached to the RF gain control, follow them to the PC board and UNSOLDER them. 2. Solder in a jumper wire from where you removed the wires on the board. This will restore receive. 3. Place the two wires from the RF gain control in your mod kit by soldering one wire to each of the 220uF capacitors leads.   29 GTL/LTD/CLASSIC POWER TWEAKS 1. Change R58(10 Ohm) to a 2.7 Ohm. 2. Change R123(1 ohm) to a .47 Ohm. 3. Re-tune L14,L13,L12 for maximum forward power.   POWER TWEAK #2 1. Remove final and replace with a 2SC1969 transistor. 2. Remove R123 and replace with a jumper. 3. Replace C58 with a 180pF capacitor. 4. Re-tune coils.   AM LIMITER: D-11 MODULATOR AND VARIABLE POWER ASSEMBLY: The instructions are the same as the Cobra 25 above,EXCEPT the following: 1. Unsolder JP36 instead of JP6.     148 GTL POWER TWEAKS 1. Remove TR24 2. Change R126 (10k) to a 2.2k 3. Change R124 (10k) to a 4.7k 4. Re-tune L37 and L38 for maximum AM forward power.   Tweaks MODULATION: Cut R131 AM POWER: VR10 SSB POWER: VR11   CHANNEL TWEAKS: I have found that the easiest way to do this without hacking your radio with a lot of switches is to install the EXPO 100 kit "L" expander kit. This is an excellent kit and installs quickly with very little tools. This way you don't have to fumble around trying to remember which switch goes where, etc... You can get these from my links above, or e-mail me.   CLARIFIER: 1. Cut one side of R44 and D52. Remove R174 and solder a jumper wire in its place. 2. Follow the RED WIRE from the clarifier control to where it connects to the PC board and cut it loose. 3. Solder this RED WIRE to the circuit board ground. NOTE: Some radios have a YELLOW WIRE instead of the RED WIRE. 4. Follow the ORANGE WIRE from the clarifier control to where it connects to the PC board and UNSOLDER it. 5. Resolder this ORANGE WIRE to pin 3 of the MB3756 regulator. With any luck, you should slide about 5Kz down and 1Kz up.   < GRANT-XL (8719 PLL) POWER TWEAKS 1. Remove TR24 2. Replace R126 (10k) with a 2.2k. 3. Replace R124 (10k) with a 4.7k 4. Re-tune coils L37 and L38 for maximum forward swing on AM mode.   Tweaks MODULATION: Remove R131AM POWER: VR10 SSB POWER: VR11   CLARIFIER: 1. Find D52, R44 and R174 and remove them. 2. Solder a jumper from where you removed R174 3. Follow the WHITE WIRE from the clarifier control to where it attatches to the PC board and UNSOLDER it. 4. Resolder this WHITE WIRE to the PC board ground. 5. Follow the ORANGE WIRE from the clarifier control to where it attatches to the PC board and UNSOLDER it. 6. Resolder this ORANGE WIRE to pin 3 of MB3756 Regulator. NOTE: Some radios have different colored wires on the clarifier control. They are: YELLOW instead of ORANGE RED instead of BLUE If all goes well, you should slide about 4 down and 1 up.   WANT MORE SLIDE?? 1. Remove D51 and put in a jumper. 2. Install a "super-diode" in place of the stock varactor D35. 3. Add a 4.7uh to 10uh choke to the banded-end of the stock varactor.   WASHINGTON (8719 PLL) VARIABLE ADJUSTMENTS: AM POWER: VR6 SSB POWER: VR7 MODULATION: TR-32 or cut R104 PEAK: L36 BIAS: VR8,VR9 SQUELCH: VR2 TX METER: VR10 RX METER: VR1 Need more receive??? Replace C38 (2 pf capacitor) with a 1pf capacitor.   CLARIFIER: 1. Remove D36 and R187 2. Follow the RED WIRE and the ORANGE WIRE from the clarifier control to the circuit board, and UNSOLDER them. 3. Re-solder the RED WIRE to pin 3 of MB3756 regulator or to + side of C66 capacitor. (located behind the pll chip) 4. Re-solder the ORANGE WIRE to the circuit board ground. 5. Jumper d35. 6. Re-align center slot by adjusting CT3. If you done it correctly, you should slide approx. 4kc down and 1kc up. Need MORE slide??? Install a 5.6uH choke on the banded-end (grounded-end) of the varactor diode.(D37) or replace varactor with a super-diode.   CHANNEL TWEAK #1: 1. Replace 11.1125 crystal with a 11.3258 crystal. 2. Isolate pin #10 on the pll chip from the circuit board ground by cutting the pc trace. 3. Install a switch so you can ground pin #10 on the pll chip. This will give 27.605 to 28.045. 4. Install a switch so you can jump pins #11 and #12 on the pll chip. This will give 26.815 to 26.965. 5. Using the switch combination of steps 3 and 4 above, will give coverage from 27.455 to 27.605.   CHANNEL TWEAK #2: Install an EXPO 100 KIT 'B'   POWER TWEAK: 1. Unsolder TR32. 2. Replace R99 (10k) with a 2.2k. 3. Replace R94 (10k) with a 2.2k. 4. Re-tune coils L36 and L37 for maximum forward AM power.   Clarifier modification: TRC-453 and Uniden PC-122 1)Find the backside of the clarifier knob. 2)Solder the bottom pin to GROUND. 3)Solder a wire to the top pin of the PCB. This pin should be cut loose from any traces going to it!) 4)Solder that wire to an 8VDC source.This can be found on the second jumper behind the PLL chip(IC-2). 5)Cut D-25.   RCI2950 Power VR14-AMC L34,L13,L14,L16-AM Power VR13-AM High power VR15-AM Low power VR12-SSB high power ALC VR16-SSB Low power ALC