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Slow Code · September 10th 06, 12:19 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.cb

Frank Gilliland wrote in
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On 8 Sep 2006 09:39:07 -0700, wrote in
.com:

I have a Cobra 148GTL AM/SSB citizen's band radio that appears to be
fairly old (made in Taiwan) and has the following problems:

(1) Despite what LED channel indicator shows, the receiver doesn't
change frequency.

(2) When I push the mic push-to-talk button, no signal is transmitted
and the receive/transmit (RX/TX) light remains green (receive mode).

(3) When I first got the rig, it did transmit and change receive
channels, but on frequencies above the CB band.

I suspect the problem is in the frequency synthesis phase-locked loop
or related circuitry. Did a capacitor failed after being uncharged for
years?

Who knows. The radio has been "tweaked" by someone who clearly didn't
know what they were doing.

Now that's a Big Ten-four. We call someone like that a CB'er.

SC