that sounds awesome how expensive is test equipment like that? I wish I could do something besides ask others for help when I used to be able to work on my own stuff. I bet it is very expensive for me to get my hands on such an instrument but maybe not as much as I might think. I will be looking forward to some real data on the baofeng if you get time
On Oct 15, 2012, at 4:25 PM, Butch Bussen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Good grief, I'm not sure I want to write a book. Have you seen a 1200?
> It has a scope on it, which I can't use, but it also has two meters, one
> showing frequency error and the other for modulation, average and peak
> power and so forth. I can also get a sinad reading, but it has been so
> long I'd have to look back on my notes. I can tell by ear close enough
> what the receiver is doing. It has output adjustment with 20 db steps and
> continious variable between, so easy to tell what the output of the
> generater is set for. You can command it via the terminal program to what
> range you want, enter frequency and so forth. If I type rff?, it gives me
> back rf frequency. I I send mtr1? (question mark) it gives me the reading
> of meter one plus or minus, on audio or rf. Hope that covers everything.
> My program has grown over the years. I run it in dos. I bought power
> basic as I was told it was easy to convert gw basic over. Not so. It is
> a pain in the as as it doesn't handle variables or sub routines the same,
> so I never figured out how to do a windows version. I have function keys
> defined to do various things, write a memory, recall a memory, read meter
> one or two. I even wrote a sub routine that asks me how often I want a
> reading so I can say 2 seconds or 5 or whatever and it will keep talking
> to me as I adjust for deviation or whatever. hth.
> 73
> Butch
> WA0VJR
> Node 3148
> Wallace, ks.
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