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Dixie Benjamin Posted on Jul 30, 2011
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I have a uniden pro 710e good tranmit on watt meter also by meter in radio but can only receive very close signals only audio the signal meter move very little . All the controls seem to work just fine thank you

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Turn up the RF gain, all the way and leave it there. Make sure the squelch is down.

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