Hello everyone. I am an eight year naval nuclear electrician (high voltage and big equipment) with a pretty solid electronics background and excellent soldering skills. Although I know what nearly every component (diode, cap., etc.) does individually, I'm a little rusty on how they function together as certain parts of an overall circuit. I have three Cobra 29's that I would like to experiment with by doing modifications using "Radio Shack" parts. The problem is I have seen so many different "expert" mods explained on the net that I don't know which ones are legit and which ones will do more harm than others. Can anyone out there tell me how or guide me to a site that explains how to do a high power mod on my 29's and explain what each step is actually doing to each part of say a block diagram of my circuitry. I have a factory schematic and service manual and from all the parts that I have been told to modify (i.e. D11, R53, C126, TR13, L14 etc.) I just can't seem to figure out what's actually being done to the radio. For example I've been told that removing the slug from L14 is a common part of one mod but that you will have no tank resonance or you can cut D11 but that's just eliminating the limiter. I need a refresher on what those terms mean. I don't need things explained to me in idiot's terms but I'm no genius either. Any explanations, links, pics etc... would be appreciated.
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