cb shop

Bob's is in Northeastern PA. just google bobs cb shop and you will find it. Good shop to deal with.

 

Yep Hoggy 27 on the CB, I have few nice radios here if you are looking maybe get ahold of me on the air sometime. Only about 20 minutes from Hudson.. I'd PM ya but don't have the required number of posts here to do that..
Bob's is good shop in PA, heard of the shop in Madison its called Q5 Communications.
Most of the locals here have had there radios done by Al # Sparky's in Illinois, mine included.

 

hey i live in minneapolis and need some advice on my cb.i can hear real good and from a long ways,but my transmit does not go very far,why is this

 

This could be because of one or more things. A stock radio, Antenna, location, Brand of radio, coax, or other. Could be the radio just needs a tune up.

 

Probably because you don't have your antenna tuned for the lowest SWR. That will limit in how far you're going to get out.

 

Is this the Sparky's you guys are referring to?

http://www.sparkyscbshack.com/

 

there is a guy by the Wisconsin Minnesota call him on the cb he will reply

 

Hoggy,
I'm just curious. Have you got a radio that used to work OK but that has fallen off in performance, or a new radio that you figure to work better than out of the box, or .... ?
Trying to eek that last quarter-watt out of a transmitter, to get it from 4 to 4.25 watts, or cranking the modulation up way past 100% so the extra power actually just splatters onto nearby channels instead of onto the one you've got dialed up, isn't usually as wise an investment as improving one's antenna.
I've had an awful lot of folks bring in radios for tweak-and-peaks that were actually working fine and could not benefit from any fiddling -- and I've got a fortune invested in my bench, as well as over 30 years' experience and the requisite licenses.
It's hard to tell a customer who's standing there that their radio doesn't need anything. It takes only a minute or two to test SWR of an installed radio, and a lot of shops will do that free of charge, but of course that only tests the match of the antenna system. Pull the rig out, put it on the bench, test the transmit and receive for specs (and a lot of new radios are actually better than the published specs, right out of the box) and maybe ten minutes more are involved if it's a sideband rig, or five if it's AM only (and modern).
Tweaking for no good reason seems, at least to me, pointless and costly. If I don't need to do anything to the radio for it be operating correctly, I can't very well charge the customer unless it's understood there's such a thing as a "well baby check".
That seems to get shops dragged through the mud publicly, though, with posts of things like, "The guy charged me $20 and didn't do anything, just handed it back and said it was fine."
I take pride in having radios *not* come back for re-works, but having the customers come back in for other stuff on other radios, or having them refer their fellow drivers and friends.
So, in the interest of possibly saving you some bucks (and since I'm nowhere near where you need a shop, with no commercial interest in this project), what are hoping will be the result of taking your radio in to the shop?
Honest, I'm not trolling; I just know hard it is to make money on the road these days.
-- Handlebar --

 

Hey theres a guy in Princeton area (near st cloud) who owned 3 shops for 40 some odd years. He closed them to retire but still works out of home. I know a few big construction companies and gave heard some other chatter about him on the cb... his name is Dick hes about 870 years old bus still very aharp. He recently peaked/tuned put a rfx 75 in and veriable power in.my radio and ut came out amazing and people don't believe that im using a cobra 29lx lx because of the power and clarity i have. His name is Dick as i said and his # is 763-428-2277

 

The guy in Princeton you are referring to has been one of the best in the area for many years. I've been dealing with him for about 25 years now and never had a problem. Its actually because of him that I started offering repair services to people myself. I will be seeing him this weekend and I'll be sure to let him know that people are still talking about him......and yes he is still working on radios. As he says "a guy's gotta eat".