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307
| | Posted on Thursday, January 31, 2002 - 9:41 pm: | 
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When it comes to CB equipment and/or repair , tell me...
Goof-ups , This sucks...
I worked on a radio last week for over two hours tracking down an audio problem. I tracked it all the way from the input to the final. I could not find why it was not working and I am the type person that never gives up. I replaced at least 12 components. About midnight I finally went to the fridge and grabbed a Sprite. On the way back into the shop I happened to look at the front of the Cobra 148...Guess?...See who gets it first...
Please tell me your favorite goof up... |
Znut
| | Posted on Thursday, January 31, 2002 - 10:22 pm: |
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No Mic.? |
Bigbob
| | Posted on Thursday, January 31, 2002 - 10:48 pm: |
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The P.A. switch was on? |
Bigbob
| | Posted on Thursday, January 31, 2002 - 10:58 pm: |
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Checking swr with a bud over and over again and getting all kinds of readings,stumped.Then he said does it make a difference if I have my thumb on the field strength plug,I looked and said "OH CRAP"! We spent 1.5 hours on a 15second job. |
Bigbob
| | Posted on Thursday, January 31, 2002 - 11:00 pm: |
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Or was it set to swr. |
Colt
| | Posted on Thursday, January 31, 2002 - 11:11 pm: |
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It was on PA!
HA! |
Taz
| | Posted on Friday, February 01, 2002 - 1:02 am: |
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it wasnt turned on! |
Warlock
| | Posted on Friday, February 01, 2002 - 5:09 am: |
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It was on ssb, or the mic gain was turned down |
307
| | Posted on Friday, February 01, 2002 - 7:45 am: |
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PA was on is correct....How many times have you done this?
307 |
Jyd
| | Posted on Friday, February 01, 2002 - 9:17 am: |
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mic gain turned down |
Bullshipper537
| | Posted on Friday, February 01, 2002 - 9:52 am: |
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307: Mic gain turned down ? P.A. switch on ? Been there,done that!! Bullshipper 537, radio tech. Tex. later |
Len
| | Posted on Friday, February 01, 2002 - 11:30 am: |
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PA switch or mic gain down. |
Bigbob
| | Posted on Friday, February 01, 2002 - 5:56 pm: |
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More darn times than I care to admit! |
Tech181
| | Posted on Friday, February 01, 2002 - 6:50 pm: |
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307,
Were you one of the guys in the pic I sent you?
Steve
Tech181
Tech181@copperelectronics.com |
307
| | Posted on Friday, February 01, 2002 - 8:17 pm: |
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No but send it...
307 |
NCUNIT33
| | Posted on Thursday, April 18, 2002 - 9:59 am: |
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DONT FEEL BAD I'VE DONE MUCH WORSE. WHILE WORKING ON A CHEROKEE CBS 1000 WITH THE COVER OFF, I REACHED OVER TO GRAB A SCREW DRIVER AND FORGOT ABOUT THE METAL SCREWDRIVER THAT WAS ON TOP OF THE COVER AND IT ROLLED LIKE IN SLOW MOTION INTO THE RIG. ALL I SAW WAS A LITTLE SMOKE AND THAT REAL BAD SMELL (YOU GUYS KNOW THAT SMELL) AND IT TOOK OUT THE VOLTAGE REGULATOR AND FINALS AND BELEIVE IT OUR NOT THE CHIP WENT AS WELL. I WISH I HAD THAT ONE TENTH OF A SECOND BACK. |
bruce
| | Posted on Thursday, April 18, 2002 - 7:07 pm: |
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i dont know any tech that hasnt had to face the smoke test at one time my condolence to the radios suvivers |
chris leggett
| | Posted on Thursday, April 18, 2002 - 9:16 pm: |
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Ocasionally another driver will use my truck.The last guy turned the rf gain down,I leave it all the way up.I was sure he had ruined my antenna by hitting it on a tree or something,I had no ears whatsoever!2 days later I figured it out! duh!! |
Tech181
| | Posted on Friday, April 19, 2002 - 12:14 am: |
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Doing a complicated in-dash mount (not under it) in a Mustang 5.0 once I couldn't figure out why I had no ears, no transmit, etc. Coax wasn't connected. Back out it came!
Steve
Tech181
Tech181@copperelectronics.com |
bruce
| | Posted on Friday, April 19, 2002 - 5:23 am: |
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chris thats the reason why on public safety radios there are no controls.... it would amaze you what a board cop can do. |
bruce
| | Posted on Friday, April 19, 2002 - 11:45 am: |
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tech 181 been there done that too |
bruce
| | Posted on Friday, April 19, 2002 - 2:57 pm: |
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as a funny one.... a guy i worked with asked me to look at a rad-shack cb set that had " just stoped working" so i took it home poped it on my benched opened it up and it was black from the power connector in the back to the on/off switch the foil was gone vaporized. So i closed it back up and the next morning asked him " What happened to it???? " Well he tells me he found a shaver cord would fit the power plug so he pluged it into the wall ...... yep some people you wonder how they suvived childhood |
Taz
| | Posted on Friday, April 19, 2002 - 7:59 pm: |
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haha |
