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Hi there, I am also in South Wales. New to CB radio and its a bit quiet so far. I am in Barry and a few of us go on in the mornings. I am about 2 weeks into it, and heres how and why....I am aged 31, unemployed and trying to learn a skill. I decided to learn electronics as its always been a ...

I am from Barry South Wales, and I am learning electronics at home as an interest of mine. I became fascinated with electromagnetism, and radio waves etc so I started looking at little AM and FM radio circuits to make at home - to learn the basics of radio wave communication - transmitting and ...

A friend set me up with my first CB today (Realistic TRC-2001), needs some repair work but perfect as a project to get into this hobby and learn the fundamentals.

Anyway, I was at his house and he was showing off his workshop....very impressive with lots of gear in there, and he uses CB, Ham ...

OK so I have done a little further research and I may have been looking at the wrong type of transistors....

There are the little black 3 pinned ones, but there are also 2 bigger transistors (they look like a LM317 voltage regulator)

So the 2 of these are a Power transistor....and an Audio Amp ...

Model Number: REALISTIC TRC-2001 TRANSISTOR PROBLEM
Board Number: PA-034AA
Problem: FAULTY TRANSISTOR

OK so I am a CB newbie and please bare with me. I am learning electronics and know the basics - enough to get by with building my own little circuits etc. At first I wanted to learn about radios ...