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September 29th 03, 09:00 PM

Frank Gilliland wrote in message . ..
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(killdagger) wrote:

Greetings,
I've got me an RCA CB Co pilot 14T303 with a workman BS-1 dipole
antenna pinnes up in an inverted v outside my window. I recieve just
fine, but my transmit is horrible. I can't get a radio check from any
of the truckers up on the interstate (1/8 mi. from my house). I get a
barely audible signal monitoring from the other side of the house.
When I transmit I'm getting only the tiniest nudge on my s/mod meter.
Is my radio shot? of is it just the cheap antenna?

Any help with this dilemna would be greatly appreaciated.

Killdagger

I'm thinking that the final is shot, and what little RF being transmitted is
coming from the driver. If you have a multimeter, put the meter inline with the
power supply and measure the current being used by the radio in both transmit
and receive (with the volume down). With a good radio, transmit should draw at
least one amp more than receive. If it doesn't, the final is probably bad.

My bad; your guess is at least as good as Doc's was! So why couldn't
you just post your guess without attacking Doc, who gives freely of
real information without the personal attacks?