Can any body help I just bought a cobra 29lxeu multi standard radio is there a problem with the receive on these radios as had this radio hooked up to my homebase antenna on my homebase im receiving people from miles around but when I plug the cobra in and go onto the same channels I cant hear any one on them, I know the cb does receive as had a conversation with someone about 5-6 miles away also I found the same thing when im using it mobile if I use a different radio im getting good reception when I use the cobra im not picking up much at all does any one know if this is a common problem with this model and if so is there a way to resolve it?

SOURCE: cobra 29ltd cb radio

Hi,

A couple of suggestions:
1. verify that the RF Gain is maximum clockwise;
2. verify that the ANL or noise limiter is OFF;
3. pls add a ground strap from the body of the Cobra 29LTD to the chassis/GND of the vehicle or to your house GND connection;
4. Verify that your Wilson 5000 has a sufficient ground plane such as roof or metal objects.

Hope this be of initial help/idea. Pls post back how things turned up or should you need additional information.

Good luck and kind regards.

Thank you for using FixYa.

Greg Cann

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• Posted on Aug 31, 2008

SOURCE: Cobra 75 WX ST 40-Channels Handheld CB Radio manual/antenna

Hi - You can download the manual from the link underlined in blue below:

75 WX ST

Other info here.



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SOURCE: Cobra 29 LTD Classic not transmitting or receiving

ant. light should only come on if you have a high vswr a bad thing did you check that cb/pa switch is set to cb check your swr this is not a good place to mount ant. as it is close to metal of back of cab

SOURCE: Cobra 29 LTD Classic not transmitting or receiving

As I understand from a tech friend of mine, most truck beds are not grounded well enough. Perhaps you could borrow/purchase a magnet mount antenna and locate it on the roof, for testing. Then you would have it narrowed down to the location.

SOURCE: Cobra Cb handheld radio model: HH-35 doesn't work

Open up the back of the radio and check the solder joint from the antenna connector. I had same problem and it was this.