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Old 05-14-2007, 09:25 PM
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Testing a CB that's been sitting for years?
I dug up a Radio Shack TRC-483. It was last in our motor home, and to my knowledge it still worked. The wiring is intact and the fuse is even still there. I don't have an antenna to plug into it though. It looks like a nice digital unit, and I'd love to hook her up. Can't beat the price. But I'd like to know how do I determin if it is actually working besides totally wiring it up?
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ummm get an antenna and wire it to the battery
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you cant really determine if it works 100% without actually wiring it to power and an antenna...
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Alrighty. Well I'll be pluggin her in some time this week. Need to track down an antenna first.
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Don't key the mike without the antenna hooked up or you can blow the final
output.....BIG TIME!!
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Originally Posted by leftcoastbill
Don't key the mike without the antenna hooked up or you can blow the final
output.....BIG TIME!!
Oh I know, I've been told that. So I'm not even going to wire it up until I have an antenna.
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^ after that, say "radio check"...if someone replies, it works
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