are these new rigs even alignable by hand?
I would suspect that most of the alignment is done automatically with a
micro controller or chipset. I know the HF rigs still have adjustible coils
and VR's and VC's, but I don't know about the sub compact mobiles. Even
power in these is controlled via software, or an onboard controller.
73
Colin, CF6BKX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 4:58 PM
Subject: Re: Handihams, was: RE: exam
> Hi John.
>
> That may be, but I've also found that often two radios of the same model
> can vary a bit in performance just because of differences in
> alignment. Most of the time radios pass QC because they are good enough
to
> make minimum specifications, not because they are necessarily optimized.
>
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>
> At 08:35 AM 1/18/2007 -0500, you wrote:
> >that must be why because I don't have any problem at all with my TMg707A
> >like that.
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 11:59 PM
> >Subject: Re: Handihams, was: RE: exam
> >
> >
> > > Hi Christy.
> > >
> > > One thing that I have noticed on 70 cm is that the TMG707 has a pretty
> > > wicked image response that does cause stuff from the commercial band
to
> > > come through on the ham frequencies. I chalked it up to living in a
major
> > > city, and being only about one and a half miles from one of the major
> > > communications sites.
> > >
> > > 73, de Lou K2LKK
> > >
> > > At 06:23 PM 1/17/2007 -0600, you wrote:
> > >>Well, the offset wasn't the problem. I checked it, and it's set to
> > >>positive,
> > >>as it should be. So, either something's goofy or there's just none of
> > >>those
> > >>repeaters near me, but that does seem odd considering there are eight
2m
> > >>repeaters I can at least key up, three of them I know I hit well even
on
> > >>five watts.
> > >>
> > >>I'm a bit hesitant to run the radio on 35 watts, mostly because even
if
> > >>the
> > >>antenna can handle it, I'm not sure about RF exposure. It's under the
> > >>limit
> > >>for requiring measurements and the like, but I'm in the same room with
> > >>this
> > >>antenna and I'd rather be safe than not, especially with cats around
that
> > >>just looove to jump up on the filing cabinet I have it on. I know that
on
> > >>ten watts, I can't key a one of them up at all though. It's hard to
know
> > >>if
> > >>I'm receiving or not as far as the repeaters since I don't know which
ones
> > >>are really active, but I do receive some out of band stuff.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>-----Original Message-----
> > >>From: For blind ham radio operators
> > >>[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of
> > >>[log in to unmask]
> > >>Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 6:00 PM
> > >>To: [log in to unmask]
> > >>Subject: Re: Handihams, was: RE: exam
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>Christy, 70cm is harder to hit. If you're using an antenna indoors
you
> > >>may
> > >>well
> > >>have problems hitting the repeater. Run the rig on 35w if the antenna
> > >>will
> > >>handle the load. Also, if you're using a magmount try sitting it in a
> > >>frying
> > >>pan (cast iron works well for this) to get some ground plain effect.
> > >>
> > >>Rigs like the Kenwood ts570 have a built-in antenna tuner.
> > >>
> > >>Since you have a computer you can get a serial cable to connect to
that
> > >>707
> > >>and get output if information from the radio that isn't spoken
normally.
> > >>
> > >>Tom
> > >>Tom
> > >>Brennan
> > >>KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP web page
> > >>http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html
> > >>
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