cobra 25 classic

Bad finals will not do this .......

Unless your a real good tech with the right equpment stay away from add ons like the RFX75.

 

Dirty contacts and switches play major havoc with CBs and cause symptoms like you describe. Buy a can of contact cleaner and open up the radio. Spray a generous amount on the tuner and all pots / switches. You can buy a can of contact cleaner for about 10 bucks at Radio Shack. Absolute must to have around when working on CBs.

I buy tons of old CBs to mess with and contact cleaner takes care of the issues about 95% of the time.

 

IF all your doing is playing around have at it..... I don't trust add ons for how clean they are .....

As for a computer tech I worked for NCR in depot repair back 20 years ago ... untill they closed the St. Pete depot then it was back to 2 way radio repair .....

 

...that's how I learned....by "playing around".

 

4 years of electronic school 45 years of working on the job here

 

I didn't take any classes. I wish I would have when I was younger, but...well you know how that goes. At any rate, I read everything I could get my hands on and picked up junk at yard sales and auctions...then continued on "having a good time". I bought myself an old 'scope....and various other test equipment.....and learned from "hands on". I don't claim to be a "whiz-bang" tech..but while it may have taken me longer to do than a "school trained tech", I got the job done.
I ran a successful CB shop for several years and now.......now I just do it for myself....sort of a hobby.
....by the way.... I wasn't one of "those guys" that would "clip and turn it up all the way".....I made sure it was good, clean audio.