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Turned on the cobra last night (i use this as my local radio for am) and i seem to have lost some audio. The meter shows i am keying up by no swing now ? any ideas? Also this is and EX i think its the same as a super star .atleast that the info i could find
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try another microphone.
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Plug a speaker into the PA jack and see what that sounds like.

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Done all that all ready guys. any way new development put it on the test bench and turned the radio upside down and tapped it and the audio came back.now i have to find what is loose? Its not the speaker ! had it plugged in the the external speaker.
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by the way MD it doesn't have a pa it has a cw jack though
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Aha, the dreaded cold solder joint.

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yep im just happy thats all it is. now it just a matter of poking around..with a non conductible poker lol
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