On 28 Apr 2007 08:57:45 -0700, Telstar Electronics
wrote:

+++On Apr 27, 11:01 pm, DonBeppino wrote:
+++ Greetings all.
+++ I'm just dropping by to ask a question of the experts. I'm a newbie at
+++ CB'ing. It's on my motorcycle, and I can't seem to receive anything. I
+++ can transmit loud and clear, but nothing in the receive mode. I have
+++ checked everything; volume, squelch, etc. SWR reads within proper
+++ range. I have some corrosion around the antenna mount, but everything
+++ else seems fine. All connections are solid, too. The most I'll get is
+++ static and the indicator showing that a signal is coming in, but
+++ nothing other than static.
+++ Any ideas what could be causing me to be able to send but not receive?
+++ Thank you in advance.
+++
+++If you hear static... this a sign that your receiver is operating to
+++some level.
+++I suggest you get another transmitter (walkie talkie would be fine)
+++and have someone broadcast nearby. Do you get anything now?
+++
+++www.telstar-electronics.com
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Well he said his signal indicator works so that should point to
something wrong from the AM detector stage to the speaker. IF the ole
S-meter is moving means the circuits from the antenna to the AM
detector is working to some degree.

I just wonder if the radio has one of those switches that selects
CB/PA. Those go bad and the ole s-meter could swing like a tree in a
hurricane and no audio out the speaker. I had an old realistic that
did that years back. Then again it cou ld be something simple like a
blow diode or a blown transistor. Maybe even a bad IC.

james