no power output indicator update is coming from TenTec for the Eagle. I was
told it can not be done. so go buy a swr power output meter.
-----Original Message-----
From: d.e.warnick@comcast.net
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 2:19 PM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] eagle
The speedometer in my Rav 4 is off by 2 MPH. The outside temp is off by 2
deg F.
No, I haven't taken it back and complained, even though last winter when it
was 1 deg outside, I had a 400% error
Dave
WA3F
----- Original Message -----
From: "mike bryce" <prosolar@sssnet.com>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, April 1, 2011 1:21:09 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] eagle
Lee,
you're absolutely right!
but...
I still paid for a 100 watt radio. I shouldn't have to tweak and peak the
trimmers inside to set the power correctly.
The omni VI I own shows about 80 watts give or take a few. And I KNOW that
no one alive will know the difference.
But...
It should not have left the factory like that.
I talked to Paul at the dayton hamvention about this issue and he told me
that in the case of the Omni VI, each radio has to 'learn' what
the power output is. While all the staff was overwhelmed with people from
the hamvention, he was unable to give me more details other than "send it
down"
And...
It's like buying a new automobile and finding out that the speedometer is
off, it's just a quick adjustment, but you still paid $28,000 for the car—it
shouldn't have left the factory like that.
mike
Mike, WB8VGE
SunLight Energy Systems
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On Apr 1, 2011, at 11:04 AM, wa3fiy@radioadv.com wrote:
'Couple things,
The difference between 88 watts and 100 watts is about 0.55 db which is
slightly less than
0.1 S unit (using 6db per S unit). Can anyone hear that difference under
anything other than
lab conditions? Can anyone hear 0.55 db difference under any conditions?
Probably not.
BUT you say...."I bought a 100 watt transceiver and I want a 100 watt
transceiver!" OK, no
biggie. First of all, get a lab standard power meter and dummy load and
set everything up.
Then adjust the two pots (it's two pots in most of the later TT rigs. Not
sure about the Eagle
though) in the radio to calibrate the radio power and alc such that you
get exactly 100 watts.
Not hard. I've never seen a 100 watt TT radio that would not deliver at
least 120 watts or so
if you coaxed it. The radio can do it but why do it?
In fact, I generally calibrate my radios so 100 watts indicated is well
under 100 watts, 80 to 90
typically. I rarely ever operate over 50 watts. Why? Because that's
all I normally need and
every thing runs cooler and cleaner. If I need more, I fire up the
amplifier and get about 500+
watts with 50 watts drive.
We're not buying a lab instrument...we're buying a radio. In the case of
the Eagle (and most
other radios I imagine), they do quite well at that task.
To each his own. But you can have it spot on if you so choose.
-Lee-
WA3FIY
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