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Old March 4th 07, 09:38 PM posted to rec.radio.cb
james james is offline
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Default Cobra 2010 loses Tx audio

On Sun, 4 Mar 2007 11:09:00 -0600, "Pete KE9OA"
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+++My original question was to see if anybody had any experience with the "no
+++Tx audio" problem. As it turned out, there was a bad 330uF 10V electrolytic
+++cap that was causing the problem. As it turned out, this unit turned out to
+++be another unit that was
+++"peaked and clipped" by somebody who didn't know what they were doing. In
+++other words, another piece of eBay junk.
+++
+++Pete

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Yep, Seen many an electrolytic go bad. Especially in power supplies.
Heat is the enemy of electrolytics.

As for EBAY CB radios, mostly useless other than parts.

james