Hi,

How are you carrying out the measurements (introducing a tone at the
mic input?

Are you measuring peak or mean power?  Most meters will not give a
true reading on ssb unless you have a peak hold.

What about the power supply?  Do you have a long lead causing voltage
drop when current is being drawn?  It the supply providing a stable 13.8
volts?

Also, are you measuring in to a 50 ohm load?  I believe the older gear is
less fussy about swr than the new.

On 13 Feb 2005 at 12:50, Howard Kaufman wrote:

> Noticed a disturbing thing this morning.  Compared the tune out put with
> the ssb out put on my ts-480.  It seemed a lot lower on SSB.  So I made the
> same test using the Omni d.  Same marks if not a bit lower on the
Omni, but
> much higher on SSB using the Omni.  Is this a charictoristic of newer
> radios to make cleaner audio?  I don't know the difference in watts,
just
> listening on my tuning oscellator.  I figure running 100 watts, you need
> every watt you can get on phone.    This is my first modern radio.  Well
> actually I have had modern radios before, but modern then is thirty
years
> ago now.


Keith

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Keith Barrett


gw4nby

Bridgend
South Wales