Hi.
My first post here.
I have a Cobra 29 WX NW ST (in fact I have two of them) that I bought brand-new about three years ago.
It powers up and lights up (except the nightwatch; alas it quit on both radios soon after they were new --- it was cool while it lasted)
The weather stations come in loud and clear.
The PA speaker works good.
The onboard speaker works.
The external speaker works.
The mike works fine on a different radio.
When I key the mike, the green light turns red, but no meter movement and no transmit.
Squelch all the way counter-clockwise and RF Gain all the way clock-wise yields no noise whatsoever at the speaker.
A helper in the same driveway, in a truck with an excellent radio, hears nothing when I try to transmit.
When she tries to talk to me, I hear nothing.
I put the other identical working radio in this truck, connected it to all the wires and cables that had been connected to the radio that is not working, and it works fine; so, the problem is definitely in the radio and not the hook-up.
I am no radio technician; however, I have used a soldering iron and a soldering gun quite a bit; I am well versed in normal vehicle electrics and am quite handy at just about anything; that being said, I have never worked on the insides of a CB radio.
The only testing tools I have are a DVM, a test-light, a 12-volt power source, and common sense.
What is wrong with my radio and what do I do to fix it ?
Do repair and modification instructions I find for Cobra 29 LTD Classic apply to my 29 WX NW ST ?
Any help is appreciated and thank you for reading.
My first post here.
I have a Cobra 29 WX NW ST (in fact I have two of them) that I bought brand-new about three years ago.
It powers up and lights up (except the nightwatch; alas it quit on both radios soon after they were new --- it was cool while it lasted)
The weather stations come in loud and clear.
The PA speaker works good.
The onboard speaker works.
The external speaker works.
The mike works fine on a different radio.
When I key the mike, the green light turns red, but no meter movement and no transmit.
Squelch all the way counter-clockwise and RF Gain all the way clock-wise yields no noise whatsoever at the speaker.
A helper in the same driveway, in a truck with an excellent radio, hears nothing when I try to transmit.
When she tries to talk to me, I hear nothing.
I put the other identical working radio in this truck, connected it to all the wires and cables that had been connected to the radio that is not working, and it works fine; so, the problem is definitely in the radio and not the hook-up.
I am no radio technician; however, I have used a soldering iron and a soldering gun quite a bit; I am well versed in normal vehicle electrics and am quite handy at just about anything; that being said, I have never worked on the insides of a CB radio.
The only testing tools I have are a DVM, a test-light, a 12-volt power source, and common sense.
What is wrong with my radio and what do I do to fix it ?
Do repair and modification instructions I find for Cobra 29 LTD Classic apply to my 29 WX NW ST ?
Any help is appreciated and thank you for reading.