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by rreeves1965
Wednesday 13th Feb 2008, 8:00
Forum: CB Radio Repair and Troubleshooting
Topic: need help fixing a President Lincoln with swrs in the red
Replies: 9
Views: 14512

problem solved

Again thanks for all the input and help. I got the radio back from the shop and it had some internal issues. The driver and 2 coils were bad and a pot needed replacing also. While he had it apart, I had him install a new 455 heavy duty final and retune it and peak it out. The problem with the swr wa...
by rreeves1965
Friday 18th Jan 2008, 8:06
Forum: CB Radio Repair and Troubleshooting
Topic: need help fixing a President Lincoln with swrs in the red
Replies: 9
Views: 14512

Thanks for all the input and help. The radio has at the very least cooked the finals as a result of the broken ground connection. So since I do not have all the tools needed to repair and realign the radio. It has been shipped off to a repair shop to have heavy duty finals installed and checked for ...
by rreeves1965
Wednesday 16th Jan 2008, 16:18
Forum: CB Radio Repair and Troubleshooting
Topic: need help fixing a President Lincoln with swrs in the red
Replies: 9
Views: 14512

Well after testing the radio with a good antenna setup that checked out ok on another radio like mine. The swrs were still off the scale. I opened up the case and found a broken solder connection at the final. I repaired the connection and made sure that no solder spilled over to another connection....
by rreeves1965
Monday 14th Jan 2008, 11:09
Forum: CB Radio Repair and Troubleshooting
Topic: need help fixing a President Lincoln with swrs in the red
Replies: 9
Views: 14512

need help fixing a President Lincoln with swrs in the red

Hello I have a president lincoln modified for CB use. That I just was given. I have it hooked up to a 4 ft firestick antenna setup. I have completely checkout out the antenna and eliminated it as a problem or so I hope. I think there is a problem in the transmitter itself. But could be wrong. I have...