I agree, in fact that's what I did. I listen to cw with the 1.8khz/6.3mhz filter and upon finding a signal that needs filtering help I then engage the 500hz/6.3mhz filter, if it needs more, I engage
Hi Chris, The reason there's no instruction in the manual is that its complicated. If you have electronics training you might proceed. If I tried to explain it the engineer types on the reflector wou
I love Keith's post about being behind the curve. Actually he is at the peak of the curve letting the fruit ripen and the beta testing done by an army of passionate hams willing to grab the brass rin
Buy your last amplifier first and save lots of headache and money! The Centurion has it all and does it all. There are instances where the Centurion may not be your next amp. They are: 1.You insist o
Hi Ed, I've had the Scout mobile for about 3 years now and can comment on some of your questions. The tune switch should give you 20 watts, based on a 50 watt output. I believe that since there is a
Yes, but will anyone hear you? Doubt it beyond 50-100 miles away. In theory you could go 2:1 all day providing you have a fan on the heatsink. Above that and you risk the thermal shutoff taking you o
The relative truth of my statement is relative to the band you are on, its characteristics at the time of day you happen to be on the air, the propogation, and the combination of physical/mathematica
Steve, I didnt intend my explanation to be a complete or concise illustration of SWR. I did not intend to confuse you either. Jim has quoted the text book, and that is the gospel. If he or I helped y
These are the ghost signals given off by various government service communications centers of the past on halloween. If you try to notch them out they may toilet paper your ladder line raising the SW
My guess here is that you dont use the DSP on SSB to dig out weak sigs. Its not made for that. The PT 3 is here being used to amplify signal and noise, which if Im not mistaken you can do by adding a
The Centurion is a nicely operating upgrade from the SB-220. Everything is forgiving on this amp. I replaced the caps and equalizing resistors after a single cap failure. I overdid it on AM on 10 met
Dan, I had trouble reading your post in that at first the PBT control doesnt work in SSB-n and CW. And then you state that it does work. Where am I confused?
Nicely expressed Mike. I read Zen and the Art of Motorcylcle Maintenance way long ago. The paralell with ham radio gear is germain. I never owned a motorbike of anykind, but the mechanical and spirit
I use any computer quality computer grade plastic headset boom mic wired to a w2ihy 2 band equalizer/noise gate. While mics cost ~$5 and last 6 months or so before something breaks, they all sound go
The Carolina Windom, is a trademarked antenna from Radio Works resembling the old single wire antenna only in that its off center fed. The gizmo at the feedpoint looks like a balun, acts like a match
Don, My guess on the first one is that its on the first run in '88. The next two are '89 mfg. dates. The last digit indicates the year of mfg. The other date does not indicate when it was sold as new
John, I take it as a sign of ectstasy. Those who have one are trying to come up with some way to verbalize on the superiority with which the radio performs. Being able to express such platitudes and
The amp is a tool. Everyone knows what it does and how it does it, leaving aside technical issues. The amp is a toy. If you want to play more on ham radio, the amp helps you talk with geezers who are
Ernie, You did not mention anything about your antenna. If you get the same results into a dummy load of appropriate size and impedance, then you have a problem with the rig. Otherwise your antenna a