Cobra 2010GTL WX

One of the new arrivals, a Cobra 2010GTL WX, 40 channel AM/SSB homebase radio.

I bought it with the intention of transplanting 'something' into it but also because it was a good price and I was curious about the WX part of it.

I was told it was complete, that it had a few problems, not least that the CPU was blown. There's a cracked front bezel which looks not too difficult to push back, a hole drilled in the lid and the lid has been sprayed a metallic blue (badly)

So, when it arrived of course I had to take it apart and inside I found an EPT0014811Z board that's actually in really good condition. Same board as the Cobra 148GTL.

It's been messed about with, first glance showed there were wires floating loose inside, components clipped, a missing loop oscillator crystal (11.325MHz, have you got a spare one you would like to send to a good home?)  and probably other non obvious mods but it looks good. Worth spending some time on.

Now, call me a contrarian, obstinate, awkward, whatever you want but I like to prove things for myself so I set about seeing if I could fix the biggest game killer and removed the CPU board, immediately seeing a burned track and some dodgy soldering.

After replacing a shorted 1N4148, D203, and remaking the burned track the display sprung into life, channels changed up and down but no TX and the mode display didn't change, it was stuck on AM.

But, this is partly why I'm obstinate, it doesn't have a blown CPU.

More to come soon.

A few pics:

 Not too bad, not mint in box.

 Missing loop crystal and an RCI8734, that'll need replacing with an MB8719 or with a little extra work, MC145106 so I can get it onto Lo and Hi without needing lots of crystals.

  Working display (yes, showing LSB, I fixed that too, more in the next post)