Post by rounder on Aug 29, 2012 8:01:11 GMT -5
I bought this nice new Cobra 29 WX NW ST radio and I am wondering if other people have the same issues that I have.
1) You can't keep the weather control on a weather station if the unit power goes off when the vehicle is turned off. When it comes on, it uses the loudest volume setting, no matter where it is set, for checking the weather alert system. REALLY ANNOYING. You have to turn it to 0 channel to stop the noise. The book states that this is normal operation.
2) Reception -I can't get the squelch to operate correctly, or the way I expect it to work. It will cut off background noise and then half of what somebody is transmitting. To hear the whole transmission, the squelch needs to be turned down and then you get the background noise. I haven't found a happy medium. Set in between, the background noise fades in and out all the time. VERY ANNOYING. My old unit would be silent until somebody transmitted and then I would hear the whole transmission.
3) The Sound Tracker doesn't seem to do anything. It does quiet it down if you don't use noise limiter, but no more than the noise limiter does. It seems to be ineffective otherwise. This may be the cause of the receiving partial transmissions.
Other Thoughts: I bought this thinking it would be a lot better than my Radio Shack Realistic TRC 428 that I bought in 1982. They are almost identical. I figured there would have been a vast improvement in the 30years since then, but I was mistaken. I am using a magnetic mount Weather capable antenna on my van that is supposed to be for this unit.
All in all, I am not pleased with my purchase.
Anybody heard specifics about the Sound Tracker feature? I found a way to disable it in a Cobra bulletin # 10012, but that is only for transmitting.
My problem is with receiving and squelch levels. I don't know if they are related.
I appreciate any help I can get.
Thanks, Dave
1) You can't keep the weather control on a weather station if the unit power goes off when the vehicle is turned off. When it comes on, it uses the loudest volume setting, no matter where it is set, for checking the weather alert system. REALLY ANNOYING. You have to turn it to 0 channel to stop the noise. The book states that this is normal operation.
2) Reception -I can't get the squelch to operate correctly, or the way I expect it to work. It will cut off background noise and then half of what somebody is transmitting. To hear the whole transmission, the squelch needs to be turned down and then you get the background noise. I haven't found a happy medium. Set in between, the background noise fades in and out all the time. VERY ANNOYING. My old unit would be silent until somebody transmitted and then I would hear the whole transmission.
3) The Sound Tracker doesn't seem to do anything. It does quiet it down if you don't use noise limiter, but no more than the noise limiter does. It seems to be ineffective otherwise. This may be the cause of the receiving partial transmissions.
Other Thoughts: I bought this thinking it would be a lot better than my Radio Shack Realistic TRC 428 that I bought in 1982. They are almost identical. I figured there would have been a vast improvement in the 30years since then, but I was mistaken. I am using a magnetic mount Weather capable antenna on my van that is supposed to be for this unit.
All in all, I am not pleased with my purchase.
Anybody heard specifics about the Sound Tracker feature? I found a way to disable it in a Cobra bulletin # 10012, but that is only for transmitting.
My problem is with receiving and squelch levels. I don't know if they are related.
I appreciate any help I can get.
Thanks, Dave