Scott Unit 69 wrote:

You, too, can be a truckstop screwdriver wizard...

Hey, even cb'ers need techs.....

I thought a tune up was changing the oil, and replacing the spark plugs.
NOW you to now can be the first on your block to screw up CBs.

Did you notice the radios listed in that book are over 20 years old?


Sure. Thery're the ones which were the most popular with experimenters,
and are by far, the easiest to modify.



They need real techs by now, not a screwdriver wizard. I'd like to
see him fix up the TRC-451 I've got using that book. He'd have to
buy the radio from me first, 'cause it won't be usable when I get
it back!!! Let's see, no AM modulation, VR10 makes no difference.
RX audio starts to "tear". Need to turn radio off & on to fix. It
has a great receive, beats my PC-122, but the 122 works on AM, &
the audio doesn't "tear" (pronounced like "tare"), but needs a
preamp to hear stuff far away. Too much LO, perhaps?

Any radio which is 20 years old or more, and has "strange" problems like
you're describing, needs to be aware of drying electrolytic capacitors.
They are the bane of most older radios.



It's a mute point, CB has so much f-ing noise and skip. I barely
turn it on for more then a minute. No need to. All the locals
went ham. Nice and clear on 2 meter simplex, no skip, bleedover
or DaveMade AH's to deal with. The ones here are assholes. All
that power must turn their brain to jello.

You're starting to sound like me ;-)


I would like to be able to use my CB again if mother nature ever
sends the Mexicans back home. The Senorita says 2 words with an
off frequency radio that drifts when she keys, and has a roger
beep. Listen to that for a few minutes. Then there's the Latino
with a humming power supply that's awful to hear with a BFO on it...

You forgot the echo boxes.

But don't fret. The sunspots are on the decline now. I've been hearing
an increased local presence again, now that the skip is pretty much dead
at night now, except during strange weather fronts.

Dave
"Sandbagger"