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Cherokee Radio Tips
Channel Modification:
1. Remove the top cover.
2. Look at the back of the faceplate circuit board and there is a jumper connector,
like the type in your computer
3. Move this jumper off of the pins that it is on now and put them on the other 2
pins.
4. Replace the top cover.
Once the channel modification has been done press channel 9-19 button and then
turn on the radio. After this mod use the number 1 button to select different bands
of 40 channels.
(Coverage from 25.165-29.665Mhz)
Cherokee CBS 500
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Cherokee CM-5
CM-5 Channel Modification.
1. Remove the bottom cover, the one with the speaker holes.
2. Look toward the front faceplate circuit board and locate the large loop of wire.
* Normally green in color. Original Version.
* New Version, Locate the jumper pins on the rear of the faceplate curcuit board.
Remove Solder Bridge.
3. Cut or remove this wire.
4. Replace bottom cover.

Once the channel modification has been done the CH9 button becomes, the band
select button.The "Dual Watch" button will still work between bands.
* (Set dual watch channel 17 band D, while listening to band C channel 19.)