My gen lee wont receive more than 100 yards. Gain is all the way up and squelch is all the way down and i don't even get static. It will transmit like a big dog but wont listen. I can hear close by drivers clearly. Not a mic problem because I switched to my spare radio and swapped the mic and everything is good. It is in the radio. HELP!
general lee wont receive
Discussion in 'CB Radio Forum' started by 379john, Aug 1, 2009.
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Is your SWR high ?
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SWR has very little effect on the receive side.
I had a Galaxy with the same receive problem a few months back.
When you have good transmit and poor or no receive its an internal radio issue in the receive circuit. It could be as simple as a bad solder joint finally failing or it could be a capacitor or diode failure.BTShepp Thanks this. -
no..swr is 1.5/1. Sounds like shop time.
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any GOOD shop near tyler, longview, texas?
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Take the cover of the radio off on the side that does not have the internal speaker. Turn the radio on and take a finger and push on the board,not to hard but not to soft. while doing this listen for an increase in the receive,if you find a place where it does increase then that is where the bad solder joint is. Also if it's and older radio take a screw driver and tighten the screws that hold the board in. They can become lose and cause this problem but to me it sounds like a bad solder joint.
Also. Grab the RF knob and wiggle the hell out of it.If it comes in and out then go to Radio Shack and buy some electronic cleaner and spary the knobs,you wont hurt a thing. It's not the mike becasue the mike does not effect the receive in these radios.
Make sure your antenna is not grounding out somehow and also make sure you dont have a bad conection on the coax end,this would do it as well.
SWR does not really effect the receive in this way becasue you can take any wire and stick in the back of the radio and hear. SWR will kill the transmit but not the receive and with the low SWR you have it has to be something inside the radio.Even if it is something very bad inside the radio it still should not cost you more that $30.00 to fix.
Lets us know what you find out!FriedTater and 379john Thank this. -
thanks for the great suggestions. I will give it a try and see what happens.
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My bet is the antenna is junked or directly related to such
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swapped for my spare radio. no problems with spare radio. not an antenna or coax issue
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