To clarify one of the answers, My Scout manual had a yellow page insert that
clearly stated the 3 dots on the SWR portion of the meter are 1:1, 2:1, and
3:1. The last dot is of course not full scale on the meter, which is where
infinity would be.
>From others descriptions, it appears there were various versions of the
mobile mount. The one I got from the factory was a pan with places for the
feet to insert to hold the Scout when the mount is attached hanging from the
dash. It appears very sturdy.
It does not make sense that Tune would ever have been full power; the whole
idea of a tune position is to tune up with reduced power in case of a
mismatched antenna. Mine is 15 watts in tune.
Not asked but important: You should insure your power wire to battery is
no. 12 (or better) gauge for lowest voltage drop. Operating off some
cigar lighters pulls too many amps from them. You could of course, drop
power some, but even at five watts there is more than five watts of power
being drawn.
The mods for power control replace the under chassis pot with an external
pot or a switch and resistor to select lower power range. Another version
sacrifices adjustable mike vol. control, and makes it the power control,
while placing a screwdriver adjust pot inside for mic amplitude control.
There is room on back for leading out pot leads and mounting a small power
pot. The on board control is probably less than a 1/2 watt pot.
-Stuart K5KVH
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