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Does the radio put out and receive? And this could be as simple as your SWR switch isn't in the right position. But if your radio seems to work fine then I wouldn't worry to much about the meter it could be out of line I've seen that many times even on new radios.

• For 11 meter (CB) the standard 40 channels will be the exactly same as the "EU" set of frequencies (channels). However the "UK" 11 meter (40 channels) and the U.S.A. 40 11 meter (40channels CB) will not work together at all. This includes any actual Citizen Band radio, excluding Export 10 an 12 meter radios often labeled as "CB'S" which they are not.

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Do you hear static when you turn on weather? If so there are just none in range of you. There are not weather radio stations everywhere. You would not use a dual band antenna on any CB. Only an antenna designed for the 11 meter band. Which is the 27mhz CB radio band.

You can go here and see if you have NOAA All hazards weather radio coverage in your area.

If the CB radio is working otherwise it is most likely that there is just not a NOAA transmitter near you.

did you repace the driver aswell

get an swr meter and check your antenna first. if good problem may be in the circuit board.. they are famous for loose IF, TX mixer boards. or call us

If your lucky, its just the display that is broke. You can buy a replacement on ebay cheap. If its not that, you may have broke something else and you would have to trace it. It would need a tech.

If its still working other wise, just find channel 19. Go near a big highway and check all the channels until you find a lot of truckers talking. Then ask them if its 19. once you find 19, make a mark on the dial and on the radio face in the same spot. then when you put the marks together, you will be on 19. then you can just count up and down.

Each spot on the dial is a specific channel.

the other things to check. If you haven't test transmit on the radio, and just put power to it to see if it still worked, check (if it has them) either the cb/pa switch, and make sure its on CB, because some radio's when you go to pa the meter shuts off, and if you have it check the wx/cb switch. this is for weather. Make sure its on cb again, because again, sometimes this turns off the channel display.

If you haven't hooked it all the way up yet and just to power, you may have over looked that.

I have gotten worried quite a few times working on a radio and not realizing it was on pa or weather.

Fingers crossed. Hopefully you just didn't check the switches.

WX is for weather. If you put it on WX, and you do not hear anything, then you need to change the weather station it is on. in wx mode, you change weather channels by pressing channel up and down. To communicate with 2 way, press the cb/wx button so it is on CB mode.

sounds as if the output transistor has folded, or a osilator fault.

Make sure the switch is in the CB position. If this is so, then you may have a bad switching transistor or a bad diode in the board. Also on some of the weather band cobras I have worked on in the past, I have found bad pll chips. Good Luck
Ed
NC Electronic
Mills, Wyoming

Hi, This is a link to your old post re SWR 3....http://www.fixya.com/support/t180697-pc78_elite_cb As stated SWR 3 is too high, it should be 1.5 or lower. Fiberglass antenna are kinda notorious in setup and experience wise have not performed well or at all. Maybe you should try a different antenna (metal rod). Some good brands/models I have tried with very good results are K40, Hokushin, Comet, Oscar, Maldol, Daiwa. To check if you can receive, stick an ordinay length of wire ('bout 9' long) at the center of your radio's connector. RX should work (pls don't key the mic or TX).