99 rsv cb

[gunboat]

hi all

i have a question about the cb on the bike. this past weekend i used my 3/4 face helmet with the headset. i have not used this setup in over 2 years. i normaly use a 1/2

helmet without a hedset. the problem is i could not hear anyone talking on ch19. i ask for a radiocheck several times and never got a come back. i could hear the am/fm thru the hs and dash speakers. the rx icon was on the control head and when i pushed the tx button the icon would come on the control head also. the squech was set at 1 but all i could hear was noise/static. so i set the squech at 2 and the cb was just quite.

last nite i had my wife go across the street and talk to me on a handheld cb i could hear her talking just fine thru either the hs or the speakers. but she could not hear me talk all she got was static/ noise everytime i pushed the talk button from either the driver conn. or the passenger conn.

are you suppose to hear your voice thru the hs while you are talking/transmitting?

yesterday morning i did hear a trucker on the cb thru the dash speakers but i didn't have my helmet with the head set on so i just turned the cb off, to concentrate on mornig rush hour traffic. any ideas.

thanks in advance

don:(

[gibvel]

Maybe the mic. on the headset is bad or turned the wrong way.

 

Did you change out your CB antenna recently? I'm getting at the SWR not being set right with this question.

[gunboat]

no i haven't changed the antenna and the mic's were turned the right way. even took the windsock off the mike to make sure. but was thinking about doing the marshell mod.

thanks

don

[SaltyDawg]

no i haven't changed the antenna and the mic's were turned the right way. even took the windsock off the mike to make sure. but was thinking about doing the marshell mod.

thanks

don

 

The Mic may be bad. To check it turn your IC all the way up and talk into the mic. It you don't hear anything then the mic is bad, if you do then your problems are more than likely in the CB unit itself.

[gunboat]

hi salty

i turned up the ic all the way as you suggested. had my daughter use the other helmet hs and we could hear and talk to each other. so now i guess i'll have to buy a new cb unit. thanks again for the input.

best reguards

don

[SaltyDawg]

hi salty

i turned up the ic all the way as you suggested. had my daughter use the other helmet hs and we could hear and talk to each other. so now i guess i'll have to buy a new cb unit. thanks again for the input.

best reguards

don

 

Crazy question. What side of your bike is the CB antenna on?

[gunboat]

hi salty

the cb antenna is on the left side of the bike. when i came to work tonite i had the cb on and the squech turned down to level #1. had the dash speakers on with volume set at level #12. i live in north houston, i have to pass over interstate i-45 to come to work at iah bush intercontinental airport. all i heard thru the speakers was static no one talking on ch.19.

last nite when i started troubleshooting the cb., i was useing a handheld cb unit

and it would pick up weak signals but the bike unit would not. funny the handheld cb only has a 6'' antenna.

thanks again for any and all input

don:confused24:

[gibvel]

Couple of last ditch things before you throw in the towel. The connectors in the faring and the connectors under the passenger seat. I'd give those a good going over and some dielectric grease. Also, you might want to check the connectors at the unit to make sure they're clean and seated well. I'd also say check the SWR but then it sounds like you're having as much of a problem receiving as you are sending and receiving wouldn't be affected by the SWR.

 

Try pulling the antenna off of the bike as well. It's just a friction fit at the large black phenolic piece at the bottom. It should just come off by twisting and pulling up. Make sure the wire looks okay from the antenna into the CB box as well.

 

Hope it's something easy and you don't have to get a new CB unit.

[gunboat]

hi gibvel

thanks for the input, i talked to a couple of e/t's at work this morning. they are thinking along the same line as you. so i'll start from the antenna and work my back to the cb box. hopefully i won't have to split the faring. thanks again for the help and thoughts. will post what i find and do.

i guess this is what i get for not using the cb before now. may have had this

problem since i bought the bike. ( it's used ) and i bought it from a mom & pop m/c shop. hey said they knew the 1'st owner but i never meet him

best reguards

don

 

p.s. maybe i'll go ahead and preform the marshell mod..

[gunboat]

hi all

here's an update on my cb problem i had on my '99 rsv. i cut off the old oem antenna first. ( wrong i should have waited ) i found the cb and cb antenna cable are NOTCONECTTED. well now i Have to the Marshell Mod, this is a good thing. but i dreded spliting the faring. no fear its a peice of cake after taking it on and off a couple of times you get good at not losing all the bolts. a #3 allen wrench is another matter, i droped it at the front of the cylinder head. it bounced around a little bit before it fell down some were in between the front of the engine and the radiator. now i have more work to do 'cause that allen wrench never hit the ground.

well now after closing the faring for the second time i remember i was going to do the BIG SHELL MOD that's putting the dual star grip heaters on the handle bars. i do have heated gloves and a heated jacket but i hate having all that wireing all tucked around inside my jacket. so i reopen faring and wire up everything. finaly close up the after making sure everything works as planed.

sorry for the long post but tried to add some humor while doing maintance/ upgrades.

thanks again for the help

don c:cool10::cool10: