why is there no squelch on a brand new CB I just bought? I have it on another CB. New antenna.
1645369
The Squelch is combined with the Power switch,UNDER THE METER see SQL that is it.
1645370
On the Cobra 29 LTD the squelch adjust is the outside ring of the volume control dial.
1645371
New tech. Are you receive ing good reception? This Cobra is the best I've had and I've had few
1645372
Make sure that the RF Gain control is fully clockwise while the Squelch control is fully CCW. If you still can't receive & another CB works OK, then you have a defective radio.
2231498
use your normal Antenna not a Digital fairing hidden antenna. I have no problems with mine. It is about 9months old.
1929939
Turn squelch Dow volume up dynamike up a try that if not check antenna an coax
2144808
To be very honest, I have not used this unit in quite some time. I am still trying to figure out HOW this damn thing works. I know all local frequencies by heart, but setting up which where who and how..... just to get the thing to scan is less than impossible. I have used other brands in the past with excellent results. I think this was a mistake. But to answer your question, some emergency departments have the burst of "static" sounding stuff at the end of each transmission. You might try turning down the SQUELCH. This may not help but I tried.
1068697
Go to RadioReference.com and look up your city/town. If they are digital, the squelch codes will be NCS or DCS, if not (if they are analog) it will show a PL for the squelch code.
1362435
Shouldn't be the screen causing this. Maybe the antenna connection needs to be checked? Mine worked great! Good luck.
74268
thanks. i did read your review but was also still seeing reviews posted later than your still mentioning the problem. i'm probably buying either or this week so i'll ask to see the back of the reciever and look for the S. thank you thang.
954442
Yes, in fact that's mostly what I use on it, the radio seems pretty good too but it's a little fuzzy, that could have to do with my antenna though. Great radio for the price.
100844
The antenna is somewhat directional. Is the CBS transmitter in the same direction as stations you recieve? If not, might try swinging front of antenna toward CBS.
678387
I don't know what is recommended but I use wilson antennas on all my cb's I have used a lot of different brands and have found the wilson's to be consistantly good. I have several different models I use depending on the car or truck or jeep. I use the 500 (lil wil) on the trucks, 1000 on the car and flex on the jeeps and buggies. I have used K40's and all 3 have lost connection inside the base ( had to cut them apart, sodier them and epoxy them back together. Most of the name brands are good and a good rule of thumb is the longer the better. and don't forget to set the swr's, (just my opinion I could be wrong)
245972
our's goes through a factory installed amp. with the amp, it must be on for even the original antennae to work. the coax is wired that way but i don't see why the new antennae wouldn't work without an amp. either way the rvw- was a good buy for us.
1990775
I haven't experienced that. You might want to check the antennae connect because sometimes that does get loose or disconnected when installing the radio back in. I noticed the antennae cable does not reach that far
958552
Two things. The broad face of the antenna "black rounded side" needs to point in the direction of the transmitters. Second point, this antenna is only UHF. You should look to pair with the ClearStream5 which is VHF. Connect both antenna to a signal combiner using the same length of cable....saw 4' for each to avoid ghosting. From the signal combiner, pass through a good preamp if needed, then on to your TV's. You'll know if you need an amp based on the signal strength indicator shown on newer TV's. Another way to know is that the picture is blocky and pixelated. I think in total I spent $280 for the two antenna...two mounting poles, cables and preamp. Cutting cable saved me $1400 the first year alone, so well worth the investment to do it right the first time.
1128661
The antenna is not great and there may be feedback to damage the output transistor on 7w. Get a dipole online and then go to 7w.
2098361
You would need to pick a station that is the most optimal for reception. Here, live 106.7 is really bad on my car - I can only hear just a faint, but 105.9 (unused station) did it for me. Now it sounds really clear without any humming noise during intermission.
1824693
I found that making sure there was no interference from any other electronics nearby helped. Just experiment with moving the unit, the input cable, and the source of your sound (whatever you're broadcasting) around until you find the sweet spot. I've got virtually no hum now, but occasionally I'll hear some and invariably find that someone has moved one of the elements around. Once I put it back where it belongs, no more hum.
127770
Listen. Tweaked! Peaked and tuned idk? You can have any radio tweaked, take your cb to a guy/cb shop(the guy making announcments over the radio...) He will snip out the thing that only allows it to do only 4 watts and add a thingymajob to bump it up to 20, 30, 40 watts. Or...hook up a linear. Or...do both. FYI- Half of your radio is your antenna, put the ugly sticks under your bunk and get a pair of wilsons or k-40s or anything else...