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Thanks.. i will check with MJ Products today to see if they have them.. i was up late playing with this stuff last night.. I do you have a number for www.jtronix.com there is no info on there site.. most places will let me set up an account with my SS# as the tax id.. as I buy a good bit of stuff I ...

Well I just about pulled my hair out tonight.. I had a Cobra 25 night watch sitting about the shack along with a bunch of blue displays that just came in this week. So i was like let me toss a blue display roger beep and echo into the 25, I started with the display first.. I pull the radio down and ...

I am just wondering.. How far is a good transmitt with a amp putting out 50 watts into a 102" whip

im getting about 3 or 4 miles as the bird flys.. talking to some one that is pushing 130 watts out a 4ft firefly whip.

I thaught we should get a bit more distance

Kilowatt

Ok so this is a Voltage Variable Capacitance Diode, must be used to keep the radio from drifting, RIGHT? i looked up the number on mouser and digikey and also googled it.. cant seam to fine a Brand name part. how do you feel about the Radial mount ECG replacement part NTE614. for the most part i try...

Ok After looking at this all day trying to make heads or tales of it this is what i got.. the SMT chip above is D13, instead of putting in a normal axial diode they use a SMT diode and just poped it on the pcb side of the board.. the other smt chip I was talking about is d16, looks like cobra did th...

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Ok the Green Rings are the component i am trying to find out what it is.

The yellow rings are one just like it but also dont know what it is..

the red line is the two solder pads where it connected.

The model is cobra 29 NH ST its the Night Hawk with Sound Tracker. there is plastic rings around the knobs that glow.. not the EL face. i will take some pix and post them some time today.. i listed the location of the component as there is verry few parts on the solder side of the board.. i looks li...

I just picked up a Cobra 29 NH ST off eBay... it?s seen its better days; i plan on uising it for a platform for a custom radio. It came with the drivers missing and looks like some one tried to install a swing kit and cooked the rings off the board where jp was soldered... The 50/50/sw pot for the V...