I have an almost new Midland 75-822 that the WX works fine on, but the CB doesn't seem to receive, or transmit. It operates normally, but no reception, and no evidence of transmissions.

take the little switch on the front and flick it to CB , turn up the mic gain and have at it.

Hi Trevor,

The Midland radio you have is NOT capable of FM transmit & receive. It is a Citizen's Band radio that operates on channels 1 thru 40 that are assigned to the 26.965-27.405 MHz frequency range. These are the standard 40 Ch CB frequencies in the U.S. (and may not be legal for use in other parts of the world without a license from your country's communications authorities). It also offers Weather Band reception - again these are US frequencies that may or may not even be used at all in the UK. Since the radio only displays a channel number, you don't actually know the frequency you're monitoring or transmitting on. Your friends on CH 5 may be in a completely different band.

Even if they are on the same frequency, the fact that they are operating in FM mode means that you would hear something - but it may not be intelligible - and the same would be for them listening to you transmit in AM mode. If you could have them switch their radio to AM, all would be fine. I suspect they use FM as there is much less static when compared to AM.

If they won't change to FM, you'll either have to stop trying to talk to them or buy a radio capable of FM (and make sure it has the same frequencies as theirs!).

Good luck!

that's normal . If someone near you has more power then you he will walk all over your signal . You just might be doing the same to them.

what time of day are we talking here? usually skip is so heavy from 0800 until 1600 that no radio has a chance of transmitting or receiving.If you turn the squelch the other way what does it do?

hello there your problem is simple the final transistors have blown as you have no audio an audio transistor is also required best leave it to the pros to repair goodluck

Its just RF feed back, that's normal, try to re-route the coax, or just turn the FM down, o try turning your modulation down....hope this was helpful....

problem may be the button loose connection to the main board...we can fix these radios. cb shop temple, tx on yahoo search. The button is connected in so it controls both sections.

may be u burned yr final transistors...check if yr antenna is well grounded and try just after this to transmit, if the indicator is not stable on the green area when you are in "am" modulation stop to try and bring to the assistance
rgds Stefano

Sorted now, soldered a new output transistor into the board and all working.

Hello..if you can try to connect a external speaker or phones..if the volume is ok..than i think it is time to replace your internal speaker..pse tll me....good luck...Ron