The GREEN BOOK OF CB REPAIR was named because of the "Green Stamps" that can be saved or made repairing CB's. Contains repair notes on 2380+ models including PLL IC type, circuit board number (find "sister" units), microphone wiring, where to find schematics, lists RF output & driver transistors, audio output IC's. Fix overmodulation (splatter & distortion) problems & other repair history symptoms & cures.

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Tech Tip finding shorts: You can save a lot of fuses when testing CB's that blow fuses by putting a FTB-14 (fuse style pilot light $1.40) in place of the normal (typically 2 Amp) fuse in the power cord! {When the FTB-14 lights up brightly--you have a short; if it lights dimly--you have removed the short.} Disconnect the following parts (one at a time) to locate the shorted part: The Polarity Protection Diode (usually near the power cord connections to the circuit board); The Final Transistor, Driver Transistor, Audio IC, and Voltage Regulators & Modulation Pass Transistors (these parts have metal back-tabs that usually attach to a heatsink such as the metal frame of the CB). Using this technique can save you the couple of hundred dollars that it would cost to get a "current regulated" power supply to trouble-shoot these problems!