Hello everyone,
I'm new to the forum, and new to the world of CB's and working on them. I have spent alot of time when i was way younger listening to the locals at night before i went to bed and have always been interested in tinkering. I would like to get my HAM lic. and figured the cb would be a good place to start out. A co-worker gave me his fathers old radio stuff, a model 29, a old midland and the madison you see in the vid along with his base antenna. I got the antenna mounted and have the mast grounded just as his father did except i still need to pound a grounding rod and attactch the ground. for now i have the copper ground stuck about 8" into the ground. A friend of mine just recently got into CB'ing and i figured i would dig out the madison and the other stuff and get it all setup since it was a nice not so hot day today.
Ok so here is whats going on.
madison cb - YouTube
I can receive but it doesn't seam to be as strong as my truck with the 102" but i think that is from the base not being tuned and the whip on the truck is. I would have it tuned and plan on it but my friend has my meter.
It sounds like the volume needs cleaned since its scratchy? Where would you start first with this?
This is the 4 pin mic. Would there be any chance the mic is wrong and thats why it won't transmit? There was a midland mic connected to it when i pulled it out of the box.
Thanks
I'm new to the forum, and new to the world of CB's and working on them. I have spent alot of time when i was way younger listening to the locals at night before i went to bed and have always been interested in tinkering. I would like to get my HAM lic. and figured the cb would be a good place to start out. A co-worker gave me his fathers old radio stuff, a model 29, a old midland and the madison you see in the vid along with his base antenna. I got the antenna mounted and have the mast grounded just as his father did except i still need to pound a grounding rod and attactch the ground. for now i have the copper ground stuck about 8" into the ground. A friend of mine just recently got into CB'ing and i figured i would dig out the madison and the other stuff and get it all setup since it was a nice not so hot day today.
Ok so here is whats going on.
madison cb - YouTube
I can receive but it doesn't seam to be as strong as my truck with the 102" but i think that is from the base not being tuned and the whip on the truck is. I would have it tuned and plan on it but my friend has my meter.
It sounds like the volume needs cleaned since its scratchy? Where would you start first with this?
This is the 4 pin mic. Would there be any chance the mic is wrong and thats why it won't transmit? There was a midland mic connected to it when i pulled it out of the box.
Thanks