HELP ! HELP ! HELP !!!
As most of you know, I live in Colombia (S America). I've been CBin' for a long time, and I LIVE to talk skip. Cycle 24 is heating up, and since I am one of the few ENGLISH SPEAKING statons coming out of S. America I get a TON of responses whenever I keyup "CQ - DX ". The problem is that when the skip is "in" there is so much noise, hetrodynes, ect., that pulling anyone out of the hash and trash is practically impossible. When the skip is "in" my noise level is usually around 7 to 9 pounds !!!
What I'm looking for are mods for the 858 ssb chassis that will improve the receive. Especially the NOISE BLANKER CIRCUIT. I run a Realistic TRC-457 base. I have a 2:1 / 1:2 compander and a frequency equalizer hooked up after the volume control, and this has helped a LOT. The radio itself has a lot of mods on the transmit side but none on the receive.
I have heard people talk about using a "discriminator" to help pull weak signals out of the "mud". What is this ???????
Whatever you suggest. I will have to build it myself, so make it easy.
Thank's for the help.
As most of you know, I live in Colombia (S America). I've been CBin' for a long time, and I LIVE to talk skip. Cycle 24 is heating up, and since I am one of the few ENGLISH SPEAKING statons coming out of S. America I get a TON of responses whenever I keyup "CQ - DX ". The problem is that when the skip is "in" there is so much noise, hetrodynes, ect., that pulling anyone out of the hash and trash is practically impossible. When the skip is "in" my noise level is usually around 7 to 9 pounds !!!
What I'm looking for are mods for the 858 ssb chassis that will improve the receive. Especially the NOISE BLANKER CIRCUIT. I run a Realistic TRC-457 base. I have a 2:1 / 1:2 compander and a frequency equalizer hooked up after the volume control, and this has helped a LOT. The radio itself has a lot of mods on the transmit side but none on the receive.
I have heard people talk about using a "discriminator" to help pull weak signals out of the "mud". What is this ???????
Whatever you suggest. I will have to build it myself, so make it easy.
Thank's for the help.
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