[TenTec] voice peaks still low on paragon

[Ken Brown]

Hi John,

What do you mean by "voice peaks"? How are you measuring "voice peaks"? 
You cannot really see voice peaks with the built-in meter on the Paragon 
or Paragon II, or most any rig that uses a moving coil meter with a 
simple diode detector power indicating circuitry. To really see voice 
peaks you need an oscilloscope. You may be able to measure peak power 
with a wattmeter that has a peak power measurement mode. The difference 
in what you see on your Paragon versus other rigs (if you are talking 
about the meter in the rig) could be just due to differences in the time 
constants in the power detector circuitry, or the inertia of the meter 
movement. You could have identical real RF power envelopes from two 
rigs, yet have radically different power meter readings because of 
differences in the time constants of the metering system.

DE N6KB


john ferro wrote:
> bob, compared to other rigs i have owned - that is what i am comparing to - also a paragon II i owned in the past gave nice high voice peaks with the shure 444D - ten tec has told me that there were about 6 different audio boards for the paragon and paragon II radios - could be that my paragon II had a better match with the dynamic type mics than my paragon does - i also had some yaesu and icom radios - none of which i used a dynamic type mic, but a "powered" mic and they all gave very nice voice peaks. by the way thanks for your great suggestion the other day regarding reversing the polarity on the shure 444d to increase the voice peaks - it actually helped a bit, but not as much as i was hoping for. like i said i have a ten tec mic coming on monday - i'll try that out and let everyone know. and yes i get about 120 watts in the tune mode. thanks again.
>
> sincerely, john
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