Bulldog-Unit777
04-05-2012, 06:57 PM
As of March 13th, 2012 my Cobra 2000 GTL turned 30 years old. My brother Mike "Roadrunner" Unit 222 was its original owner. Bought it new 3/13/1982 before entering in the U.S. Army and took it out every now and then when on leave at mom & dad's house. He lost interest and that is when my journey begins in the early 90's. Great classic base station. Has the basic mods like upper channels wired to the CB/PA toggle. The PA labeling was professionally etched off and HF labeling done. Dead keys 2.5 watts and peaks to 14 watts. With the addition of a second speaker made it complete. All speakers upgraded and acoustically tuned. Red pilot lights added to go along with the red digits. Voice Lock, unlocked to get the A channels. It has been in the shop to replace some of the original components due to age. I do not expect to modify this radio beyond that what it was meant to be! I am using a custom echo box built by Doug "CB Repairman". From then on I added a dual red diamond jewel knob, lighted power switch and square soft touch momentary switch which activates the "Lord of the Jungle" sound module. The radio has been a fair DX talker and shines on sideband. We power it up a few times each month. I bet the radio would be a good with an amp, someday. Well here she is a well taken care of 30 year old Cobra 2000 GTL. I have seen many folk modifying the heck out of these chasing a dream. In the end I see them for sale. Maybe broken, flaws in the mods or something else but keeping it in a classic state is my goal with this one, Bulldog.
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa224/AmericanBLUZUMR/Bulldog%20in%20Central%20Maine/BulldogsStation1-1.jpg
Above the Cobra 2000 GTL is a Radio Shack DX-394, AM/LSB/USB/CW1/CW2, General Coverage Communications Receiver and Radio Shack PRO-2042 AM/NFM/WFM Scanning Communications Receiver with a 1000 channel memory. Both purchased new in 1996 and now 16 years old! Purchased last year is a Radio Shack desktop weather radio with all the weather channels, Skywarn and FM radio. Loaded with the top features and latest alert menus. The dual speakers are real nice, the 6 'AA' batteries give long listening time when the power goes out and it shares a connection with a discone base antenna on the roof.
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa224/AmericanBLUZUMR/Bulldog%20in%20Central%20Maine/BulldogsStation1-1.jpg
Above the Cobra 2000 GTL is a Radio Shack DX-394, AM/LSB/USB/CW1/CW2, General Coverage Communications Receiver and Radio Shack PRO-2042 AM/NFM/WFM Scanning Communications Receiver with a 1000 channel memory. Both purchased new in 1996 and now 16 years old! Purchased last year is a Radio Shack desktop weather radio with all the weather channels, Skywarn and FM radio. Loaded with the top features and latest alert menus. The dual speakers are real nice, the 6 'AA' batteries give long listening time when the power goes out and it shares a connection with a discone base antenna on the roof.