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Yes and Yes. No sweat. Crush and go! I like this radio. Actually easier to use than the FT891. The tuner makes it ideal for portable use. the 20w doesn't hold it back at all.
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See if this works for you.
Cheers
The McKinley EU when expanded will give you the same steps as the Lincoln 2 +.
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The early KL503 ones were terrible with that silly unbiased driver transistor.
The HD ones might be better if all 8 are fed together but not at 300w.
200 watts PEP would probably be a cleaner output.
But the proof is in the pudding!
Who has one of these new ones?
How is it?
It does seem that the majority of 10m rigs are not tuned from factory adequately for SSB use. They are sometimes close but frequently not. Unfortunately this goes for most if not all CB and Export 10m radios out there today. As for power that is up to the user but for sure a proper and...
Open it up and make sure they put thermal paste on the transistors. In some of the similar units they forgot. Transistors getting hot but they wasn't being cooled. And remember the ratings for those mosfets was never very good in continuous mode. FM really hurts them. Divide the SSB rating by 5...
It just ain't gonna happen with the cheaper Ham radios on the market today. By an FT 891 and be done with it!
Smaller, more powerful and more features than any export CB you will ever see. And more expensive too, but not too much. Remote head means it can fit anywhere in your vehicle.
Maybe on AM. It is a noisy bastard on SSB receive. Sounded tiny to me. I tried to like it but couldn't. No different from any other SSB Anytone.
I have had them all. AT6666 is the best of the bunch by far.
I like my FT 891 but the 7300 sounds better on receive and hears weaker stations a bit easier. Menu system on the 891 doesn't help but the size and remote head certainly do.
Need to play with the RF gain on both radios.
Thats exactly how a stock Lincoln 2 sounds...moreso on a high gain antenna.
The AGC circuit needs to be reconfigured with different values.
The version 3 was supposed to have this sorted.
Good luck
Some nice functionality off the channel selector but it really needs some sort of frequency counter or you will get lost in no time. A 2 digit channel readout is pretty useless with all the coverage it appears to have.
That is so you get it to work with different mics of differing sensitivities and still get full audio. Also you may not need full mic gain on SSB but you usually do on FM.
Show me a Ham rig that runs with the mic gain on full. Mostly you run them at about 50% or so with the standard mics they...
Just to refresh.
Optima MK3 power is the same regardless of the jumper setting.
And if my memory serves me well...
You can change the digits by using the step feature and the mhz by pressing button 2.
The TS667 never sounds good on SSB.
Best amp for the optima is the TS500 non variable.
Hard to...
They are not worth the money when you have new Ham radios for a little bit more.
Fiddly and cumbersome to use and a PA section that can go poof at any time.
Another 25w CB radio and a Texas Star DX500 will cost the same for double the watts and half the trouble.
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