Oh, yeah. Always FUN to work on a radio that has been even been indirectly struck. Changing parts for days. Even after it gets fixed - too . . .
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Well gents after finally finding d407 on the back of the tiny board stand off near the smoking coils , it was fine ! So another lengthy search began for d60 and once I tracked it down she was popped !! I stole a diode from a dead President John Q. (of similar size and color) couldn't find exact match she fired right up !!! Thanks so much you guys are the best ! Please check out my other thread I could use some help with my Varmint 450 XL Tuber ! The keying relay is shot 
more details in the post but I cant thank you all enough!! Ill align it tomorrow and see if anything else is out of whack and update !!
Knees in the breeze and 73's from Winkdogg 4-2-0 in the Garden State!!
more details in the post but I cant thank you all enough!! Ill align it tomorrow and see if anything else is out of whack and update !! Knees in the breeze and 73's from Winkdogg 4-2-0 in the Garden State!!
Oh and is it me (I haven't read schematics in quite a while) but cobra makes schamits extremely hard to use for points of reference unless I forgot reading schematics 101 which is 100% possible but I pulled out my Connex 3300hp schematic and I had no problems finding anything on there … Oh well this old radio is talkin and my pop would be proud ! Thanks again
Congratulations! You stuck with it and got it working.
The date on the tech note in the link I posted explains it all. The factory schematic is correct for the first-year production. All of them produced after late 1978 have the zener in that spot. But the schematic was never updated to reflect this early production change.
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The date on the tech note in the link I posted explains it all. The factory schematic is correct for the first-year production. All of them produced after late 1978 have the zener in that spot. But the schematic was never updated to reflect this early production change.
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Bingo !! It was between the DC inputs on the back of a little 1"X1/2" standoff board . Now D60 was a whole different deal lol hard to find but replaced and firing right up !
Great Point nomad I overlooked that (and the diodes several times lol) but thanks for the kick in the coax I needed to all of you ! Gentlemen as well as Scholars 73's
He might have been talking about the reverse voltage protection diode.
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That was my biggest fear !! I hit my Connex 3300hp with 21.65 Volts it took me a month and 6 multimeters to get her screaming again !! luckily Cobra knew I was an Idiot when they designed the 142 Board lol !! Why does my 12-15 volt 25amp power supply swing up to 22 volts bc its got a dirty know ??? I replaced all the regulators and the potentiometer for variable voltage , its very stable for a "VICTORY 25" but still spikes over 20 volts …. Stuff happens its been great for the $75 I Paid !!!! MY $400 Astron is much nicer lol
That was my biggest fear !! I hit my Connex 3300hp with 21.65 Volts it took me a month and 6 multimeters to get her screaming again !! luckily Cobra knew I was an Idiot when they designed the 142 Board lol !! Why does my 12-15 volt 25amp power supply swing up to 22 volts bc its got a dirty know ??? I replaced all the regulators and the potentiometer for variable voltage , its very stable for a "VICTORY 25" but still spikes over 20 volts …. Stuff happens its been great for the $75 I Paid !!!! MY $400 Astron is much nicer lol