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    Cobra 146 GTL Meter adjustment

    Hello, where is the vr to adjust the meter? I just put a new one in and the needle is in the middle of the meter, or should I adjust the needle on the meter itself? Thanks.
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    Cobra 148 nwst PC Boards

    Resurecting my 148 GTL St's or NWST, one board has 2 IC's IC1 and IC5, other has no IC1 or IC5, the radio I am working on does not have the IC's, CBTricks has the schematics for the board with the IC's, everything else looks identical, but cant find schematic for it, or just go by the IC board...
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    Cobra 148 gtl-st gave out

    Receives very good, listening to skip, talked couple months ago, suspicious nobody is hearing me, now no tx, radio is unmolested, stock, as far as I know, I never opened it, even red paint is still on screws, had it since new, I checked against 2 radios, I know finals are one thing to check...
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    Frequencies

    Playing with a 148nwst, when transmitting guy on other side of radio said I sounded like I was out of frequency, I checked antenna output , specs are ch1 26.965 tested 26.967, ch 40 specs are 27.405 tested 27.408, would this cause dx to be garbled?
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    SSB pinning meter

    Cobra 148 nwst, I have two giving me problems, first cb pins the meter, second cb meter bounced quickly in the 1-3 range, yet when I speak I get full gain, antenna is good or not shorted, tested a couple other cb's with same antenna and mikes, they operate normal. Anywhere I should start looking...
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    DX 979

    Just got mine this week, testing it in the house, there is a hum when turned on, lessens when radio is warmed up, my first Galaxy, have it hooked to 120v-12v power supply, never had hum with my Cobra radios with same power supply, normal or is hum from supply and when hooked to battery hum will...
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    Mobile Antenna for Explorer

    Just picked up a DX 979 for my Explorer, I would like to make a hidden antenna to go around the perimeter of the hatch, would this be effective or just stick to my K40 on the roof?
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    Keying mike kills truck

    Hello, I have a 95 F250 w\7.3 powerstroke, with a Cobra 148 basically stock, no amp, when I key the mike, it kills the truck, I also put my other cobra 148 in the truck, same thing, this has never happened on my gas trucks, I had a cobra 23 in the truck with no issues. I put ferrite on the...