[Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] Fwd: In a Fix - CB radio help

[KG4SGP at aol.com]

bates at immanuelbible.net writes:

Dear Mr. Carter,
 
 
I am the  transportation director of a church in Springfield, VA.  We have 6  
shuttle busses which we use on Sunday mornings to transport members of our  
congregation to and from satellite parking areas within a 1 mile  range.
 
All of our busses have CB radios, which we use to  communicate movements and 
locations of our drivers.  Some of the  installed radios either do not 
transmit or receive consistently  well.
 
Do you know of any willing troubleshooters who could  adjust/repair our units 
so that they work  efficiently?


 
Mr. Bates (email at bottom) wrote me (KG4SGP - Jim) asking for some  help 
with a cb radio problem. The radios are within a one mile radius but  some*** 
aren't recieveing and/or (im not sure) transmitting "well". The way he  describes 
it makes me believe that the signal strenght is not to high. CB radios  put 
out up to four watts amplitude modulated. I dont think there is any  
restriction on antennas but I dont know. With four watts, even AM, they  should go 
atleast a mile. Could be any thing, connectors, coax, antenna  placement, or the 
actual radio, but actualy experencing the problem  (not just reading a 
discription) would help.


 
Sincerely,
Rich Bates
703-813-1963 Church (Mon-Thurs,  7:00-3:00)
703-864-6774 Cell  (Anytime)