Just a thought from Mechanic

it is possible that the PA speaker output is intended for a normal (unpowered, unamplified) speaker. Perhaps in your case the audio you hear from the PA speaker is only signal leakage from the PA Speaker connection.
To know.. connect a regular speaker to the PA speaker connector (any speaker, home audio, old car 6x9....). If the PA works and drives the temporary speaker OK, and you hear no CB receive, then the PA output is for a normal speaker, with leakage of CB audio.
It is just a guess, but easy to try.

no,its supposed to work that way so you can monitor it while you are outside your vehicle.

Are you following the user manual that came with the radio?
NB-ANL/CB/PA SWITCH: When the switch is in the NB/ANL position, the Noise Blanker (NB) and Automatic Noise Limiter (ANL) circuits are activated.
The Noise Blanker is very effective in eliminating repetitive impulse noise such as ignition interference. In the CB position, the PA function is disabled and the radio will transmit and receive on the speaker that is connected. In the PA position,
the radio acts as public address amplifier. Your voice will come out of the speaker that is plugged into the PA. SP. jack on the rear panel. The radio does not operate when you are in the PA mode.

When you plug a speaker into the ext. jack does it kill the radios internal speaker? It should until you unplug it; if not and you are following the about you may have a wiring issue with the jacks.

Have you tried another mic. First guess microphone wire broke or broke solder for audio wire in mic jack at mic cord.

There are some different things you could be facing like:
the speaker sound being cut-out by the mic switch, but my first guess is the switch in the external spkr. jack being faulty. Here is a schematic for you.

http://xbones_antennas.tripod.com/id21.html

Hi and welcome to FixYa,

Initially, the speaker of course has been checked?

Offhand, would partial schematic of the mic and speaker section help?



Good luck and thank you for asking FixYa.

Freddy, hello. The first thought that comes to mind with your problem is that if the 29 is an older model, the audio circuit or audio chip could be tired. If your talking about the receive volume being low thru the ext. speaker, then there is a rx. wire inside the mic cord. When it breaks, it cuts the volume in about half. The rx. wire is on pin # 4. Maybe your using the wrong ohm value speaker. You need 4 or 8 ohm. If you are refering to the outgoing modulation being real low, then the radio mod. has just been turned down to 50-60%. That's about all I've got for now, not being able to actuallly see the radio,,, Have a good day, and let me know how it goes,, Mechanic

I think this is a double post,, am I right Freddy??? Mechanic

Hi Ckrebs,

Can you check what is the ios version of the 7206 (the one not able to recognize the PA-8E)?

Minimum versions of IOS required for pa-8e are the following:

Cisco IOS Release 12.2(4)B or a later release of Cisco IOS Release 12.2B

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/interfaces_modules/port_adapters/install_upgrade/ethernet/pa-8e_10baset_install_config/3494prep.html#wp1024649

Check the ios of the router if it supports the PA since you were able to isolate that it's not a faulty PA-8E (by testing it to another 7206 chassis).

Once checked, can you provide the show version and show diag output?

Regards,

ex_ocsic_cat

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