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Anonymous
| | Posted on Friday, July 20, 2001 - 2:28 pm: | 
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Have you ever heard of a JCPenney Pinto SSB?It is very old but it looks good.But there is one thing thats weird about it.It is a 23 channel with SSB!!!!!I think it is worth something,but if anybody has ever heard of one or has and modifications for it just tell me please! |
307 (307)
| | Posted on Friday, July 20, 2001 - 9:54 pm: |
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Unfortunaly the "Mods" for channels on this radio are very expensive , it is all driven by banks of crystals. You could peak it though but the power will not be high enough for the worth while... |
HONKY TONK MAN 593 OUTTA NORTH CAROLINA
| | Posted on Friday, July 20, 2001 - 9:53 pm: |
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you would have to get a thing called a slider in which various crystals are put in to it to slide or go to another frequency. heck i had modified a clarifier one time and it went from channel 23 to 75!! but damned if it would stay on frequency. really dont know what else you can do beside change some crystals out. hey good luck |
707
| | Posted on Saturday, July 21, 2001 - 12:10 am: |
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The old Pinto was kind of cool in its day, with its black face and the flip down stand for base use. I drooled over them as a kid every time we went to JC Penney. Just the thought of "sideband".... |
Anonymous
| | Posted on Saturday, July 21, 2001 - 1:15 am: |
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Does anyone know how much this radio might be worth today?I love it to death and I am not planning on gettin rid of it,because my preacher gave it to me.But i would like to know what its worth is.And also 307 could you tell me how to peak it,i am new at peakin radios,could you please give me any info on what to turn,and what not to mess with and any info PLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEAAAAAASSSSSSSSEEEE!!! |
doctor bleedover
| | Posted on Friday, October 05, 2001 - 2:01 pm: |
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the trouble with the pinto 23 ssb was it did not reach the ssb channels.i replaced the crystals in mine with crystals for channel 36 and on up to 27.505. the output was lower than modern 40 channel rigs but it worked fine. there were several versions of this radio and some of them used a variable capacitor for the slider.you had to add a choke in series with the capacitor to get 10 or 15 hz slide. i believe this mod was in secret cb , volume 2. also, sears and radio shack made a similar version of this radio. |
Firehouse911
New member
Username: Firehouse911
Post Number: 2
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, March 11, 2004 - 8:05 pm: |
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hello there,
I am new to this forum and was wondering if anyone has a schematic for a uniden pro 640e, I am not getting no audio to speaker but there is audio in transmit. I already changed the audio chip. |
Jon666
Intermediate Member
Username: Jon666
Post Number: 114
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, March 11, 2004 - 10:17 pm: |
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did you hook up a external speaker? |
Bigbob
Senior Member
Username: Bigbob
Post Number: 1738
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Friday, March 12, 2004 - 6:43 am: |
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firehouse911 if you can't get quick response with your Q. here go to open forum for there is usually 5 to 10 guys on at anyone time there and someone may have an answer to help you even without a schematic,but remember to list any and all mods also what kind of antenna,coax,amp if applicable,swr,and whether or not somebody has already been inside it and what was done to it. |
Midnight
Junior Member
Username: Midnight
Post Number: 19
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Monday, March 15, 2004 - 9:08 pm: |
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ANONYMOUS!!! If you mail me your address I will copy what I have for this unit, and put it in the us mail and send it to you free of charge, I think I can afford a 39 cent stamp.my e-mail is listed in my profile.
(midnight) |
Bigbob
Senior Member
Username: Bigbob
Post Number: 1766
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 8:35 pm: |
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midnight look at post dates,he may not be around anymore,hehe. |
Midnight
Junior Member
Username: Midnight
Post Number: 23
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 17, 2004 - 11:07 pm: |
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you maybe right bigbob,lol, midnight |
Bigbob
Senior Member
Username: Bigbob
Post Number: 1771
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 5:45 am: |
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I've done the same thing in the past just trying to help,then slap my head later to see if he responded,only to find out his post was 2 years old,and he had already passed away,GOD,I was posting to a dead guy,lolol.Bigbob |
Crafter
Advanced Member
Username: Crafter
Post Number: 980
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Friday, March 19, 2004 - 12:48 am: |
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I done it too! LOL.. |
Kc0gxz
Advanced Member
Username: Kc0gxz
Post Number: 653
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Friday, March 19, 2004 - 11:24 pm: |
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Attention Forum Master.
I didn't know we were allowed to answer posts from dead guys like Bigbob and Crafter do. No one told me!!
Jeff, kc0gxz.
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