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    Cobra 29 LTD no power

    Well, I really don't know now, I resolfered the driver and final in the Bluetooth 29 after checking them and now the channel display isn't lighting up. I don't know what happened but I'll give it a good visual tomorrow when they're in front of me again. I don't know what happened, but its going...
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    Cobra 29 LTD no power

    I just checked both radios finals and drivers. It appears both have bad finals and drivers, according to a very concise page I found on testing transistors. Collector to base test bad on all the transistors. Now, is there something else I should be looking for that would cause these to go bad...
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    Cobra 29 LTD no power

    I appreciate your feedback and help Robb,i don't have the radios in front of me, but when I get back to them I'll do a check on the driver and finals on both. I did a little more research and found a great page about testing with a dmm. Again, I really appreciate your help. My coworker and I...
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    Cobra 29 LTD no power

    Well, please don't scold me for my ignorance, but could you give me a procedure as to testing drivers. I'm new to repairing cb's but I'm not new to repairing old electronics. It's not like I'm starting a business, just trying to breath some life into some old radios we have around.
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    Cobra 29 LTD no power

    Yes, both radios I'm working on will change the light to red on TX. Also, PA function works great on both.
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    Cobra 29 LTD no power

    Sorry, I forgot to mention that I did replace the diode. I also have quite a few back ups just in case. Also, I did check the mike, it is in working order, thought maybe it could be the control for Mike gain, but I believe not. I'm actually working on two 29 Ltd's, ones a standard Ltd and ones a...
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    Cobra 29 LTD no power

    So, I'm working on a 29 Ltd by that at first wasn't powering up. Diode 23 was bad, and I had to put a jumper from one pin to another to complete the circuit because the board got damaged. The radio powers on and receives beautifully. However, when I key up, I have no audio. Solid 3 watt output...