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Once again, thank you for clearing all this up. The small resistor is a 68ohm 1/4 watt. I’ve done this mod myself in the past in a 29, and knew this looked wrong when I took the covers off this 78. It’s crazy it lasted this long. I’m gonna get a fresh capacitor and resistor and re install it...

Here’s what it looks like..

Thanks Handy Andy for the detailed response. I checked to make sure the cap is soldered in place where the jumper was removed on JV101. The jumper was in fact completely removed and the legs of the cap soldered through the holes. All the solder points look to be soldered good and check out good...

I recently acquired a Uniden 78 that has had the traditional cap\resistor swing mod put in it. When I pulled the covers off I was surprised to find the 220uf 35v cap had the negative side with the stripe facing the front of the radio. I was always under the impression that it had to face the...

Whether it is or not I don't know, never took the covers off...I bought the radio and a Road King mic used from a guy needing the money. He only had it 3 months, and for what I paid...it sounds DAMN good! LOL :biggrin:

My first radio was an old Cobra 146GTL my dad gave me when I got my license and first truck around 1998. He's a trucker, so we always had radio stuff laying around the house. I saw the radio in his desk one day and asked about it. When he came in off his next trip he had me a new antenna and...

I have to agree with Psycho..I'm currently running a Connex 3300HP from Sparky's CB Shack for about 2 months, and have gotten good reports from other drivers and even a few of the local base station operators. I also have a couple of radios (Uniden 78 & Cobra 146) from Clays Radio Shop. Haven't...