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| Can radios go deaf or dumb?; Question about TX and RX from radios | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Thursday, 29. October 2015, 18:20 (475 Views) | |
| Tombo_UK | Thursday, 29. October 2015, 18:20 Post #1 |
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Hi Any advice on this? Basically I've dusted off my old Harvard 27/81 channels CB and tested it with my old slightly battered hand held to see if they both work. Being in South London, I understand it's a bit quiet on the muppets so can't ask out. Basically the hand held can recieve from the mobile rig, but the hand held doesn't appear to send. I have the squelch fully open on the rig and no reception from the hand held. It's not a great issue as I'm a couple of weeks from getting a new rig. Cheers Tom 26CT1860 |
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| GaryWilson | Thursday, 29. October 2015, 19:07 Post #2 |
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Hi Tom, indeed rigs can go deaf, dumb or both if they develop faults in the RX or TX stages of the radio, normally dumb when the RF finals blow due to high SWR, I`m not far up the road from you in Sydenham if you want a radio check let me know, the UK40 is a bit dead locally but I have made some contacts on the 19 recently, aim for a rig with the CEPT channels preferably with upper and lower sidebands and you will find things a bit better there, not like the old days though ! 73s Gary. |
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| Tombo_UK | Thursday, 29. October 2015, 20:39 Post #3 |
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Hi Jeff Thanks for the reply. I'm down the road in Catford. I'll probably give things a go on Monday round the time of Delboy's Big Net event as I'm tied up until then so can't do much. Maybe listen out for you then if you're about. Cheers Tom |
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| Jape | Thursday, 29. October 2015, 22:52 Post #4 |
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| Tombo_UK | Friday, 30. October 2015, 10:05 Post #5 |
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Hi Jape Thanks# for the info but I've tried with two antennae and the volume was up. Just getting the usual noise with a fully open squelch. As I say, not a big issue as I'm looking to get a multimode rig soon. Cheers Tom 26CT1860 |
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| GaryWilson | Friday, 30. October 2015, 10:09 Post #6 |
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Ok all the best with your new rig Tom, hope to catch you on air sometime, 73s Gary. |
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| Tombo_UK | Wednesday, 11. November 2015, 18:32 Post #7 |
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Finally have the "new" CB! It's a cheap and cheerful Intek M100 plus. £26 plus postage on Ebay. Just given it a quick test and it's making it to another Cber in another part of Catford at least ![]() Edited by Tombo_UK, Wednesday, 11. November 2015, 18:33.
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| Northern Crusader | Thursday, 12. November 2015, 15:12 Post #8 |
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Usually what happens with old rigs is the VCO goes out of alignment due to ageing of components so you end up losing TX or RX or both on some or all channels. Also the FM descriminator can do the same resulting in a deafer radio. Half an hour on a bench with proper test gear to realign them usually sorts them out. |
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