Neither Radio Transmits or Recieves

I would turn do the watts to about 3.5 and that radio should swing.Sounds to me like its trying to but the wattage is stopping it.Experiment with it and find where you want to set it.

common problem bad solder joints in the vco circuit take it to a PROFESSIONAL

try your mic

Check your antenna. Make sure it is getting a proper ground. If mag mount; make sure base of antenna and where you put it are both super clean. Check where whip goes into coil or base. Make sure all allen screws are tight and whip is not either all the way down to the base or up to the top. If antenna is mounted; make sure that it has a good ground. You might have to remove some paint around the base to get a good connection. DO NOT TRANSMIT WITH A HIGH SWR. YOU CAN BURN OUT THE EXPENSIVE POWER OUTPUT TRANSISTOR. Hope it helps.
Tom

transmits pourly can i have that repaired Holt, Searched this quite a bit, it looks like the transmitter is none adjustable.Check the attached Bendix link and use there support or contact page, they also have a trade up page,,instruction and guides, Good luck
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Hi, my name is John. Welcome to FixYa. Try running your power strait from the battery, that will bypass a lot of your noise. RED (+) ground (-) . Thanks for choosing FixYa....John

Make sure the the RF gain is up all the way. If it is then the collector diodes are probably blown.

If you are using the radio on a boat, then no, the grounding does not matter that much. However, an SSB transceiver would be hassle to install on a boat because of the amount of power they use to transmit. If the transmission is bad, try using the radio's internal tuner instead of the separate tuner. This may help improve the quality of transmit, however, some radios have a tough time clarifying incoming and outgoing signals and create a garbled sound when it receives a signal or when it transmits. If that doesn't work, then you can try grounding. But if you want a radio that doesn't require all this nonsense tning, you might want to think about investing in a Yaesu. They are pricey, but are one of the best HAM radios.

Go to a radio shark or to a phone store and tell them u want the Reception Booster that goes inside ur battery pack and this should improve ur Signal. :)

It must be a bad internal speaker, but also check the external speaker jack for broken solder. Good Luck
Ed
NC Electronic
Mills, Wyoming