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by Buck
Friday 17th Oct 2008, 3:40
Forum: CB Radio Repair and Troubleshooting
Topic: New Cobra 148 GTL no TX/RX/PA
Replies: 17
Views: 24903

Don't want to sell it cheap do you. :)
by Buck
Friday 17th Oct 2008, 3:38
Forum: CB Radio Repair and Troubleshooting
Topic: Cobra 29 LTD Stuck on TX
Replies: 5
Views: 9694

Man, you are 2 for 2 Shadow....glad you got both radios resurrected from the dead.
by Buck
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...
by Buck
Monday 6th Oct 2008, 8:23
Forum: CB Radio Repair and Troubleshooting
Topic: New Cobra 148 GTL no TX/RX/PA
Replies: 17
Views: 24903

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...
by Buck
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

No that does not matter. I will post the parts list for you tomorrow.
by Buck
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...
by Buck
Monday 28th Aug 2006, 10:52
Forum: Marine, VHF and UHF Radios
Topic: programming cable for Vertex VX-800
Replies: 0
Views: 8052

programming cable for Vertex VX-800

Anyone have a spare or know a cheap source??
bjmlittle00@iowatelecom.net