First, my setup: 1998 GMC K2500 turbo diesel with a cobra 29 LXBT and a 5 foot wilson silverload on the drivers side rear bed corner. SWR is good a t 1.2-ish.
CB is dead quiet around these parts (I'm in a remote location in Newfoundland, Canada) and I usually just end up listening to far distant signals, occasional skip or the ever present channel 6.
I miss a lot of stuff with the squelch turned up, so I'm thinking of doing the Schottky diode and 2999 transistor mod to lower the noise floor, drop the squelch a bit and maybe pick up a few more weak signals.
So, has anyone done it on a newer LXLE or an LXBT?
Just wondering what the board locations are.
It seems slightly different between the various 29 models like LTD, classic, etc.
Not a lot different, but enough to make me want to not blow up a brand new radio....it cost's a lot to just ship stuff here so I'd rather not go through that again if I don't have to!

I have no problem removing and installing stuff on PCB's, I work with aircraft electronics and have had a high reliability soldering course.
CB is dead quiet around these parts (I'm in a remote location in Newfoundland, Canada) and I usually just end up listening to far distant signals, occasional skip or the ever present channel 6.
I miss a lot of stuff with the squelch turned up, so I'm thinking of doing the Schottky diode and 2999 transistor mod to lower the noise floor, drop the squelch a bit and maybe pick up a few more weak signals.
So, has anyone done it on a newer LXLE or an LXBT?
Just wondering what the board locations are.
It seems slightly different between the various 29 models like LTD, classic, etc.
Not a lot different, but enough to make me want to not blow up a brand new radio....it cost's a lot to just ship stuff here so I'd rather not go through that again if I don't have to!

I have no problem removing and installing stuff on PCB's, I work with aircraft electronics and have had a high reliability soldering course.