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Nightprowlerups
New member
Username: Nightprowlerups
Post Number: 1
Registered: 1-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 06, 2005 - 7:51 pm: | 
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I recently got a KL40 to use on a Cobra 29 . When the amp is on the voice sounds lower and muffled then when it is off.
I made no adjustments to the radio.After reading through some of the other posts here I was wondering if there was somthing I sould have done besides just plugging it in . |
Tech808
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Username: Tech808
Post Number: 5463
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 06, 2005 - 10:57 pm: |
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Nightprowlerups,
WELCOME TO THE COPPER FORUM!
If you did not get it from Copper you may need to do the 11 meter conversion to it listed below.
You will also need to adjust your Dead Key Power to around 2-1/2 to 3 watts of drive.
If the radio was putting out more than 4 watts Dead Key when you first keyed up the KL-40 could have blown instantly.
KL 40 Conversion,
#1 ~ Remove Cover
#2 ~ Locate the SO-239 receptacle that the wire is NOT soldered to.
#3 ~ Solder the wire to the SO-239 Connector.
#4 ~ Replace Cover.
Hope this helps,
Lon
Tech808
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Crackerjack
Intermediate Member
Username: Crackerjack
Post Number: 240
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, April 07, 2005 - 8:43 am: |
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Nightprowlerups:
The KL-40 that that I got from Copper's worked without a flaw, clean too,,,,, but I had it on a radio set at 2W max output.
The one that I got before that, from another dealer did not work correctly on either 10 or 11 meters, and I susspect that the conversion was not properly completed. |
Nightprowlerups
New member
Username: Nightprowlerups
Post Number: 2
Registered: 1-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, April 07, 2005 - 10:38 am: |
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I did have to solder the the connector before I used it but I was unaware of turing down the wattage so I guess I done blowed it up .
I'm not sure how to test it but I do know there is no continuity between the ANT and RTX wires in either the on or off position , even when keyed . |
