Deadkeying CB

Discussion in 'CB Radio Forum' started by Hilltop Hustler, May 20, 2025.

  1. Hilltop Hustler

    Hilltop Hustler Light Load Member

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    I love my RoadKing Classic. Solid radio and has a surprisingly good range ( heald a 20 minute convo with a base station on in Peroria I76 for a good 30 minutes) was sad to see it dead keying....

    Anyways I had it set to PA instead of CB
     
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  3. Hilltop Hustler

    Hilltop Hustler Light Load Member

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  4. Ridgeline

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    I don't understand what you are talking about. Deadkey what?

    By the way - range is all about the antenna, not the radio.
     
  5. Hilltop Hustler

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    Dead keying, it wasn't transmitting
     
  6. Ridgeline

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    OK transmit is dead. take it to a shop, that's all I can tell you to do. Have them check the antenna; just because you can hear, doesn't mean it works on transmit.
     
  7. Night Stalker10

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    Are you saying you had a 30 minute conversation while the cb/pa switch was in pa mode? If so I don't think the meters needle moves in pa mode. Not sure how the radio can transmit RF in pa mode, unless someone worked on the radio and installed the cb/pa switch upside down.
     
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  8. Tb0n3

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    The joke is that he wasn't getting any output and was going to put in a new radio and then saw that the switch was on PA instead of CB so it was fixed with a flip of a switch.
     
  9. Walk Among Us

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  10. Night Stalker10

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    Thanks for clearing that up. After re-reading his post, that makes sense now. The way he worded it made everyone think he had a problem with his radio when he really didn't.
     
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  11. Oxbow

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    I was confused that he had a 20 minute conversation for 30 minutes.
     
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