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Export/10 meter radio with good receive and static rejection?
- Thread starter bassman21
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The main downfall I see with the MKIII is it doesn't have talkback and doesn't have PA. I have a PA speaker installed on my truck, I don't use it much, but it would be nice to have without putting a stand alone, not a deal breaker. I watched pretty much watched every video on this radio and it is impressive. The receive certainly seems much better than the Lincoln II. I found a couple of videos of it transmitting on sideband and it sounded amazing. FM sounded a little flat, but it can probably be corrected by turning up the modulation inside (the Lincoln II was also and turning it up helped). I found a video on AM of the older version and it sounded okay. The swing of the radio on the meter on some videos shows it is capable of being loud. I want it to be clean, but not stock sounding. I'm going to put a top gun modulator and clip the limiter!!!!!! Just kidding! 
Don't know if you need to run SSB, but if not, my older AM/FM Stryker SR-497HPCs with the 2290 finals have great noise filters. My Dodge diesel truck has electronic injectors and makes one hell of batch of noise that the Stryker 497 radio filters out amazingly well.
I have not run my AM/FM/SSB SR-955HPC radio in the truck yet. I do run one as a base station and always have the "Hi-Cut" filter engaged.
I have not run my AM/FM/SSB SR-955HPC radio in the truck yet. I do run one as a base station and always have the "Hi-Cut" filter engaged.
That's odd. The Optima is the most quiet of my bunch in a Chevy Duramax diesel.
I've used the Optima, Grant XL, Cobra 146 and RCI-2950.
actually, the original prototype HAD talkback (as a mistake in development) which under testing was damn annoying and was quickly removed ..cant please everyone it seems ..including me
As long as you have a big enough amp you're good, everything else is just window dressing.
Sorry, but that is a pretty dumb statement. There are several reasons for talk back. Some people like to hear themselves while driving on a noisy road. It's the same reason they have monitors on a stage of a concert. Talk back gives you a rough idea how you sound on the air. You know that you are close enough to the mic (or too close), don't have any squeals, hums or static from a loose mic connection or a short in your mic cord or if you're even modulating. Without talk back you have to wait till you can record your voice from a base or get a second radio to monitor. If you want to use a echo mic, it helps you set it and let you hear how you sound. I learned long ago that some people will tell you that anything sounds good and others will bash your station just to screw with you or out of jealousy.
As for having it on a radio, it is best to have an adjustment for it. On the Lincoln II you can go into the menu and adjust it.
Another issue I see with the Optima is the signal meter seems to show 30+ for just about everyone. Maybe it was fixed on newer versions?
As for having it on a radio, it is best to have an adjustment for it. On the Lincoln II you can go into the menu and adjust it.
Another issue I see with the Optima is the signal meter seems to show 30+ for just about everyone. Maybe it was fixed on newer versions?
I like to have talk back on my radios so I will know if I have a microphone problem. I have a bad habit of messing up mic cords. Listening to the talk back allows me to hear it myself and not have to hear "your radio is breaking up". All the other echos and beeps I can do without.
It's amazing how some people are about people using real ham equipment on CB, even though that equipment often sounds better and causes less undesirable interference than most CB's out there. Look at the filtering on most CB's and look at it on a quality ham rig.
I saw a post on Radio Reference where the hams told a guy he needed to throw out a perfectly working HR2510 he came across because it had been modded for CB. They told him if he used it he could lose his license bla bla bla. We all know that was total BS even though it is technically possible if he used it on 11 meters, but not just for ham use. As a ham you can legally work on you own radio including modding it for CB, so long as you don't talk on it on the CB bands. However even if you did no one would know or care. I talk to hams using Icoms, Kenwood,Yaesu's...... all the time. 11 meters was once part of the hams bands. The second harmonic is near the VHF low TV band which isn't even used anymore. Otherwise 11 meters causes no more interference than 10 meters where you can run up to 1500 watts. The FCC doesn't allow more power because they know it would be abused and would be hard to regulate. Anyway I should have the new radio in the next few days. I'll post my experience including a video of its performance on air soon.
I saw a post on Radio Reference where the hams told a guy he needed to throw out a perfectly working HR2510 he came across because it had been modded for CB. They told him if he used it he could lose his license bla bla bla. We all know that was total BS even though it is technically possible if he used it on 11 meters, but not just for ham use. As a ham you can legally work on you own radio including modding it for CB, so long as you don't talk on it on the CB bands. However even if you did no one would know or care. I talk to hams using Icoms, Kenwood,Yaesu's...... all the time. 11 meters was once part of the hams bands. The second harmonic is near the VHF low TV band which isn't even used anymore. Otherwise 11 meters causes no more interference than 10 meters where you can run up to 1500 watts. The FCC doesn't allow more power because they know it would be abused and would be hard to regulate. Anyway I should have the new radio in the next few days. I'll post my experience including a video of its performance on air soon.
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