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Why cut resistors?
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R53 and R54 are part of the SWR metering circuit, and cutting those resistors would disable that circuit.
why anyone would want to do this is beyond me, but my guess is that it was a mistake.
i guess someone could have gotten the mistaken impression that disabling this circuit would give more power.
more likely is that someone was trying to track down a problem and cut those resistors thinking they were isolating something.
who knows.
LC
why anyone would want to do this is beyond me, but my guess is that it was a mistake.
i guess someone could have gotten the mistaken impression that disabling this circuit would give more power.
more likely is that someone was trying to track down a problem and cut those resistors thinking they were isolating something.
who knows.
LC
I got it wrong, way wrong.
I was looking at the wrong resistors, sorry!
I'm going to delete the post and hide in a corner.
You can get a small increase from jumping out the diode.
I have heard of R55 I think in the Cobra 29 described as a static discharge resistor.
People would jumper it or pull it out (clip) I forget which, and the resistor # is probably wrong in my mind.
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Leapfrog, if you only knew how many posts i have out on the internet that i had to later retract because i was sure i knew something without checking the schematic!
i remember getting into a bit of an argument with a guy who was looking for help with a 29LTD, and he seemed completely inept at finding a simple part, but was telling me that it just wasn't there.
yep, you guessed it. i was looking at the 25LTD schematic for about three days without closing the window or even looking at what it said.
i think i can still taste the crow to this day.
LC
i remember getting into a bit of an argument with a guy who was looking for help with a 29LTD, and he seemed completely inept at finding a simple part, but was telling me that it just wasn't there.
yep, you guessed it. i was looking at the 25LTD schematic for about three days without closing the window or even looking at what it said.
i think i can still taste the crow to this day.
LC
It'll always be electronic circuits 101.... nobody's perfect. I've had my head poked into radios for well over 20 years, and I have an electronics engineering degree.... still make mistakes, overlook things, miss stuff, etc. It happens.
~Cheers~
~Cheers~
RatsoW8, no just me slipping faster than someone wearing sandles in snow!
Loosecannon, ExitThirteen, I appreciate the remarks getlemen, I need to verify the "info" I share next time. I don't want to add any mis-information to the hobby.
LC, & Exit thank you for sharing guys, we are all human afterall.
Sorry once again to anyone whom I may have confused with my incorrect post.
Best Regards.
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