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    kenwood TS-2000 some thing not right...

    The noise blanker in this radio is for spike or buzz type noise, otherwise if there is none you won't hear a difference. It is adjustable for level sensitivity. Turn it on, then press the function key then the 7 key again. A level set appears on the right side of the screen and is adjustable...
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    Kenwood TS2000

    Please understand a lack of S meter action is not an indication of a lack of sensitivity. Don't fall for that observation. I to have both the 480 and the 2000 and see the difference on an A-B test using a coax switch. The 2000 is a 12 plus year old design such that the program it was given...
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    How important is SWR?

    There are three misunderstandings in this thread. 1. The reflected power form the transmission line, no mater what causes it, is reflected back up the line to the antenna. Each time the power makes the trip up or down, the losses stack up from the normal line loses imposed each direction. In...
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    Gizmotchy Beam Antenna...Coming Review

    I used a 6 element Gizzy in the late 70s. This is what I saw, On dx where the incoming signals could be any polarity/phase at anytime, the antenna could often handle them by switching driven elements as conditions changed. For local work on tropo looking at a PDL, neither element combination...
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    W2IHY EQplus audio equalizer.

    To the original poster, your headset has an HC4 cartridge that has very little low end response and will be hard to get to sound really good because it was meant for hard DX work. Good luck.
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    High SWR Problem

    There ya go. There had to be some issue to be found. Good luck. Now your the expert. Have fun.
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    High SWR Problem

    I have no easy way to solve it for you because I would have to go over all the things to try getting a match. Bottom line here is half the system is out of limits so far you can't get the match accounted for by simple adjustments. You might try different lengths of add-on coax trying to find...
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    High SWR Problem

    If other antennas had a best match of 3 to 1 that isn't a good match under any conditions for any antenna. The match has to be under at least 1.5 to 1 to be called good at the radio.. Here's the point as mentioned in my first reply, the whole deal has to resonate not just a good match...
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    Should I do it to my Radio.

    CT your just hung up on words. All radios have to pass an acceptance to be marketed so your not breaking anything to me. The KW590 had to be, the KW990 had to be as well as all the others before that could be sold in this country. I have seen these radios appear in the catalogs before that...
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    High SWR Problem

    Some comment first, the 102 "whip plus about 3' make it close to 11 feet off the ground. While the long whip normally would be the most efficient it's really not a good setup from the stand point of hitting things as you travel. the trunk lid has two hinges and a latch as the only DC...
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    Should I do it to my Radio.

    If you have no reason to mod it, leave it alone. As for the KW TS 2000, I wanted the legal 60m band. The 2000 is not legally marketed with these frequencies as type accepted, originally. The mod is the only way to get TX and legal to do for Ham use which is certainly not out of band... After...
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    carrier or modulation

    Bill, ever get the feeling this falls on deaf ears? All the die hard CBers want to do is see meter needles fly, believe, and stuff the screw driver mechanics pockets with money.. To heck with proper equipment operation. Just drive the h*ll out of it until it burns then wonder why.. Good luck.
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    New to HAM

    Yes the reference is to 13.5 feet from the ground in the state of Pa. and is a law a police officer can call one on if he desires.. My son ran a Texas Bug Catcher and limited it to 13 feet. This antenna is a center load with a coil that is 4" in dia. by 12" long. One of the best in efficiency...
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    carrier or modulation

    What you was told in your first post by the CB hotshots.. neither one is correct. Since you came here to ask, take our advice over what you hear. If your tuner does not agree do let him do anything but make sure modulation is 'near' 100% not over, for whatever power level you decide on Here...
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    New to HAM

    With no feel for what you might be interested in, here is an idea for HF radio. A nice Kenwood TS480 SAT at 100 watts or the HX model at 200 watts would do well on the 40 meter band in the daytime and evening. If DX was an interest the 20 meter band and a good antenna like the Texas Bug...
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    what is the most reliable ham band (HF)

    40 meters is the choice for daytime out to about 400 miles. For that time slot you don't need a really high antenna. A 1/2 wave (476 divided by 7.2= 66 feet) dipole in the 25 to 30 foot high range will benefit the high angle for that path. Don't worry much about the antenna being directional...
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    high swr problem need electronics wizard

    As my last reply, I can see the original poster is not able to converse at much of any technical level by the random responses he gives. For example he is 'roughly' describing a GAS filled tube being used as a load. Does the poster understand the tube presents a low impedance when the gas...
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    high swr problem need electronics wizard

    Let me see if I come close to this deal. 1800 to 2720 is audio frequencies only not RF. If applied to a modified CB radio in the transmit position as a square wave it could drive a Linear amplifier to some sort of output. However, the signal power will be full of Harmonics and...
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    CB Channel 6 Bleedover

    Hello again The subject always produces a lot of different interpatation's of what was being referred to. The attempt was to make the case for poor CB receiver design overall {and} the dirty signals they have to contend with. Some designs are better than other but at the price/quality level...
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    CB Channel 6 Bleedover

    As a Ham there is a lot about this that never gets understood or explained. If you will try to understand, I will attempt to make some sense of it. Your typical CB receiver performance: 1. Your receive is very broad banded, has very little selectivity to reject close by signals known a bleed...