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Otter wrote: ↑05 Feb 2021, 13:05
Yh, it was a bit of an off-topic with something I just found out a couple of weeks ago.
It's good to know . And it makes sense , as they only had 1 digit to play with I was going to say that the 2000 GTL might have fallen into that category as well . But the more I think about it , I'm not sure when they started making those . 79 is too early I think . Any ideas . Early 80s ?
30TM060 Paul aka "Sammy". (108) PY60 Old Paisley DX Group (RIP Rab Markie)
Ex GM0 , now EA5 .
Handle "Fortune Hunter" back in "the day"
Radios ....? Anything that says "TAIWAN R.O.C" on the back.
Alan Pilot wrote: ↑05 Feb 2021, 10:46
Serial number on mine is 13006928
Any info on it ???
What is it worth as it is and repaired it is in fair condition i think ?????.
Same format as I stated above . If it's a Cobra 148 GTL-DX . Made in 1981 in Taiwan . Production #6928
Price will depend on condition etc.
Exactly as Sammy says above. Also, a few posts back in this thread, I posted the official serial number allocations for the MK1 (early) and MK2 (late) Cobra 148 GTL-DX.
It's a shame the document doesn't include the serial number of the very last 148 GTL-DX produced. Now that would be a radio to own!
Never, ever, ever....bloody anything ever!
Far too many radio's to list here. But I do own a legal one...
The Collector wrote: ↑06 Feb 2021, 11:20
Are we including the Mk3's on here?
NO ! They're fake news
30TM060 Paul aka "Sammy". (108) PY60 Old Paisley DX Group (RIP Rab Markie)
Ex GM0 , now EA5 .
Handle "Fortune Hunter" back in "the day"
Radios ....? Anything that says "TAIWAN R.O.C" on the back.
astradyne wrote: ↑06 Feb 2021, 12:12
Don't you know? Cybernets matter!
I remember when I first started doing small repairs in the mid 80s . I'd been given mostly Uniden stuff from local people who loved to wind up the AM power to max and blow the things . One day a guy gave me a Tristar , or something to look at . I took the covers off . Realised it was going to take me an hour just to find the main pcb . I put the cover back on , and gave it back to him with a made up apology . That was my one and only attempt at dealing with these things . Now I know they have their followers . And I know that they might even beat the Unidens on a few bench tests . But I just can't bear to look at them But , each to their own
30TM060 Paul aka "Sammy". (108) PY60 Old Paisley DX Group (RIP Rab Markie)
Ex GM0 , now EA5 .
Handle "Fortune Hunter" back in "the day"
Radios ....? Anything that says "TAIWAN R.O.C" on the back.
slamjam wrote: ↑29 Apr 2021, 10:04
The Mk1 service manual reads it's applicable for serial numbers in the range of 03000001-4498 and from 13000001 - 1504.
His is a mk 2 Kieron .
30TM060 Paul aka "Sammy". (108) PY60 Old Paisley DX Group (RIP Rab Markie)
Ex GM0 , now EA5 .
Handle "Fortune Hunter" back in "the day"
Radios ....? Anything that says "TAIWAN R.O.C" on the back.
spearfish wrote: ↑22 Apr 2021, 09:11
No idea if anyone still wants the serial nunbers but mines 13005086 PB010AA
Yes, thank you for that. It's a strange number / board combination because that's in the PB010AB range. Paul?
"To this day the words Stirling bridge conjour pride in every Scotsman's heart, while to an Englishman those same words conjour literally no feelings at all." - Cunk on Britain S1 E1
Otter wrote: ↑29 Apr 2021, 13:42
because that's in the PB010AB range. Paul?
Do we have a breakdown of serial numbers and pcb variants ?
30TM060 Paul aka "Sammy". (108) PY60 Old Paisley DX Group (RIP Rab Markie)
Ex GM0 , now EA5 .
Handle "Fortune Hunter" back in "the day"
Radios ....? Anything that says "TAIWAN R.O.C" on the back.
Otter wrote: ↑29 Apr 2021, 13:42
because that's in the PB010AB range. Paul?
Do we have a breakdown of serial numbers and pcb variants ?
That's the whole point of the exercise.
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"To this day the words Stirling bridge conjour pride in every Scotsman's heart, while to an Englishman those same words conjour literally no feelings at all." - Cunk on Britain S1 E1
slamjam wrote: ↑29 Apr 2021, 10:04
The Mk1 service manual reads it's applicable for serial numbers in the range of 03000001-4498 and from 13000001 - 1504.
His is a mk 2 Kieron .
Sorry it was a general post - I spotted whilst reading the service manual for the mark one that it denoted that all mark 1's were from 03000001-030004498 (1980 production) and 130000001 to 13001504 (1981 build)
Just thought it was useful info if it hadn't been mentioned before!
I was going to say that the 2000 GTL might have fallen into that category as well . But the more I think about it , I'm not sure when they started making those . 79 is too early I think . Any ideas . Early 80s ?
