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Recent content by jokerl90

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    Crackle interference when other truck too close

    It was the radio. Put another radio in and no noise or problems.
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    Crackle interference when other truck too close

    The HQ 27 Is great for a dump truck. I have been told it's because the coil is above the cab and the bed. The downside of the HQ 27 is that it is easily broken under low tree branched and such. I did have one on a spring, but one cold cold morning it snapped after being bent over a little. I...
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    Crackle interference when other truck too close

    Hey Beetle, I keep my squelch turned all the way down and use the RF Gain to control my reception. I was trying a bunch of different things to find the problem, can't remember for a fact if I turned the gain knob or not, but probably did..maybe..lol
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    Crackle interference when other truck too close

    Thanks for the replies! It's all trucks. The day before was happening with a couple of guys. Saturday morning there was 5 of us sitting at a redlight with tall buildings on both sides. a couple of then were talking and it sounded like everyone in the world was keyed up at the same time! That...
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    Crackle interference when other truck too close

    I'm having a problem with my mobile cb for the past few days. When another truck is within about 100 yards or closer I get a lot of crackle through my ext speaker when they key up. It seems to get worse the closer they are and the longer they stay keyed up. Once the other truck is beyond 100...
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    Microphone goes "quiet"

    Thanks for the reply! I have 3 Turner RK56's and one stock cobra mic that this is happening with. At first I thought it was was the radio, but I have 3 Cobra 29's and they work ok with other mic's. This happened with 1 cobra 29 new out of the box in less than 5 minutes when using the above...
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    Microphone goes "quiet"

    I have an intermittent problem, when keying up sometimes and while talking sometimes the mic will get "quiet" . I can hear the difference through talkback, the radio's needle will swing and the transmit light will still light up, and someone close can still hear me on their radio, but the sound...