BRAND NEW Cobra 29 Classic wont transmit or receive

Make sure you don't have it on "PA"

 

my buddy had that problem few months back with new cb in his rig. Turned out to be something the way the antenna or something was ground. Wish I new exactly what it was and don't feel like calling him because he wont s-t-f-u and ill be stuck on phone

 

hey man, did you do all the setup procedures in the manual? you have to tune the antenna and all that. There is a section that shows you how to do it in the manual. Takes like 3 minutes to do it. I remember my meter wasn't even moving once I installed my Wilson antenna on my cobra 29. I was like wtf? So I pulled out manual and saw the section and then I calibrated it. IT worked great.

 

the red light indicates an antenna problem, don't transmit until you the antenna checked.

 

all I remebr is you have to hit some switch and then turn to channel 40 and then channel one and rebeat process. I forget but yeah something like that. HAve to key in the mike etc

 

Go to section of manual where it says "calibrate for SWR" follow all those steps. PAge 5 I think if you have same manual. my truck in shop, otherwise I could tell you what switches and settings I have the rest of the radio on. Someone will chime in soon. but defiantely do the calibration

 

No don't try to figure it out, take the antenna to someone who can check it so you don't screw the radio up.