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- Friday 17th Oct 2008, 3:40
- Forum: CB Radio Repair and Troubleshooting
- Topic: New Cobra 148 GTL no TX/RX/PA
- Replies: 17
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- Friday 17th Oct 2008, 3:38
- Forum: CB Radio Repair and Troubleshooting
- Topic: Cobra 29 LTD Stuck on TX
- Replies: 5
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- Friday 10th Oct 2008, 1:34
- Forum: CB Radio Repair and Troubleshooting
- Topic: New Cobra 148 GTL no TX/RX/PA
- Replies: 17
- Views: 24903
I will dig up the locations of the other electrolytic caps that should be replaced also. I have them in my notes somewhere. Also note this help comes from good ol 2600 from over at CBTricks. I can't take credit for this one but I can speak from experience. I'm 99% positive this will solve your probl...
- Monday 6th Oct 2008, 8:23
- Forum: CB Radio Repair and Troubleshooting
- Topic: New Cobra 148 GTL no TX/RX/PA
- Replies: 17
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The part you're looking for is C95, a 47 UF (usually) electrolytic rated at 10 Volts. The 10-Volt (and 6-Volt) rated capacitors tend to fail first, around the 20-year mark. More often than not, this occurs after a long visit to the shelf. Within a week or two of being put back into service, one of t...
- Sunday 5th Oct 2008, 14:39
- Forum: CB Radio Repair and Troubleshooting
- Topic: New Cobra 148 GTL no TX/RX/PA
- Replies: 17
- Views: 24903
- Friday 3rd Oct 2008, 13:02
- Forum: CB Radio Repair and Troubleshooting
- Topic: New Cobra 148 GTL no TX/RX/PA
- Replies: 17
- Views: 24903
Ill bet the house on this one. Don't mess with the audio chip, instead, replace all the electrolytic capacitors in the radio and it will come back to life. That radio is going on 30 years old and the caps are dried out. Cobra used cheap caps in the Taiwan model. I will dig up a list of their locatio...
- Monday 28th Aug 2006, 10:52
- Forum: Marine, VHF and UHF Radios
- Topic: programming cable for Vertex VX-800
- Replies: 0
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programming cable for Vertex VX-800
Anyone have a spare or know a cheap source??
bjmlittle00@iowatelecom.net
bjmlittle00@iowatelecom.net