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.