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here ya go send me an email to cobraman148@gmail and i will grab your adress and send it to you no charge.

are you saying the modulation is low on the 2950.

oh man get an old 148 i have modded a couple of the new 148-d and they lasted for 1 yr. i am sorry but they are crap. it is a parts radio. that is where mine ended up.

Ok i figured out what it was it is a ceramic cap a green one on the right side of the radio right by the audio chip. it was a dead short in the cap that caused the d44 to blow. c 235 is the cuprit. i put a new d44 in and changed the c 235 and it fired right up. no more blown fuse. this is a breakthr...

nope try again. thanks for the info but there are no caps with any values that are even close to that. i did replace a large cap by the transformer. it was shorted but it still did not fix the d44 issue. those numbers you gave are 2 small caps by the voltage regulator. thanks alot. anyone else?

Radio Make and Model: 1978 -1997 COBRA 148 GTL PCB Number: PC 412 PLL Number: MB8719 Test gear available: VM METER HP O SCOPE SIG GEN Symptoms: BLOWN D44 What is working: THE RADIO IS WORKING What has been tried: REPLACE THE DIODE Did it suddenly happen ?: After overvolt or shorted transistor. Anyth...