cobra 150 any good

[DTB Radio]

That's because you haven't heard one where the audio sounded like it had loud machine-gun like static superimposed on the carrier. I'm not just talking distortion, I'm talking loud "pops" as you talk.
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preacherman

Can't believe I didn't see this post. There is a factory fix for that problem. I don't have the details in front of me, but it invloves soldering a 1uf cap from part of the receive circuit to ground power supply line I think), next to the first RF coils in the receive portion. CB Tricks may have the details of that. Knocks the pops right out.

 

[BOOTY MONSTER]

DTB.......do you do all the service bulletins on the cobra 150GTL DX befor they leave your store ?

http://www.cbtricks.com/radios/cobra/150gtl_dx/tech_bulletins.htm

by the way....does the 10k switch become nonfunctional after the radio is made 11 meter capable ?

 

[DTB Radio]

I take care of the TSB involving removing the "gargle" on high power. The latest 150's don't seem to have the other issues the originals had, at least from my experience.

 

[preacherman]

Wow...wish I had known that before I dumped the radio. Took it to an "approved" Cobra repair center and they told me first there was nothing wrong with it. After hearing it on the air, they "retuned" it, which did nothing for the problem, but made the low audio even weaker. Never a mention of a service bulletin. (this was about 2 months ago)

Another shop said that it's impossible to tune this radio up to be loud. I'm not talking screaming...just loud. Your thoughts DTB?
tnx,
preacherman.