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Hi Andy,
1st of all, thanks for your reply!!! I do appreciate your time that you give me with your answers.

Now, I am understanding that you agree that I should just leave the bias at 34ma (or just at 3.5vdc for each final). Right? Here is the real "problem" that I am trying to solve as I know that when I return this radio to the owner it WILL be the one thing they will want to ask/talk about. The radio just does not seem to have the "punch" that I am expecting and I know that the owner is expecting. I am not looking for the crazy over driven result but a punchy one. I am testing with a stock mic so I get a reasonable result and when I compare it to other Galaxy MOSFET radios I've aligned this one seem lethargic. I just did 2 separate on air tests on AM and SSB and both operators said that the audio sounds weak or compressed. One challenge I had in the transmitter alignment was that L42 and L43 seemed to have very little effect on the output by reading the meter or the scope. I would say that L43 had no effect but that may be just shy of the truth but not far off. One other thought is that the one part I did not replace was the regulator. It has that Palomar max mod in it currently. I do have some new TIP36 and TIP42's and I was wondering if you felt like they may make a change. If I could just get this radio to have a little drive in it I could call it a day.....

Thanks so much!!!

<blockquote data-quote="Lkaskel" data-source="post: 781395" data-attributes="member: 50403">Hi Andy,1st of all, thanks for your reply!!!&nbsp; I do appreciate your time that you give me with your answers. Now, I am understanding that you agree that I should just leave the bias at 34ma (or just at 3.5vdc for each final).&nbsp; Right?&nbsp; Here is the real &quot;problem&quot; that I am trying to solve as I know that when I return this radio to the owner it WILL be the one thing they will want to ask/talk about.&nbsp; The radio just does not seem to have the &quot;punch&quot; that I am expecting and I know that the owner is expecting.&nbsp; I am not looking for the crazy over driven result but a punchy one.&nbsp; I am testing with a stock mic so I get a reasonable result and when I compare it to other Galaxy MOSFET radios I&#039;ve aligned this one seem lethargic.&nbsp; I just did 2 separate on air tests on AM and SSB and both operators said that the audio sounds weak or compressed.&nbsp; One challenge I had in the transmitter alignment was that L42 and L43 seemed to have very little effect on the output by reading the meter or the scope.&nbsp; I would say that L43 had no effect but that may be just shy of the truth but not far off.&nbsp; One other thought is that the one part I did&nbsp; not replace was the regulator.&nbsp; It has that Palomar max mod in it currently.&nbsp; I do have some new TIP36 and TIP42&#039;s and I was wondering if you felt like they may make a change.&nbsp; If I could just get this radio to have a little drive in it I could call it a day.....Thanks so much!!!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lkaskel, post: 781395, member: 50403"] Hi Andy, 1st of all, thanks for your reply!!! I do appreciate your time that you give me with your answers. Now, I am understanding that you agree that I should just leave the bias at 34ma (or just at 3.5vdc for each final). Right? Here is the real "problem" that I am trying to solve as I know that when I return this radio to the owner it WILL be the one thing they will want to ask/talk about. The radio just does not seem to have the "punch" that I am expecting and I know that the owner is expecting. I am not looking for the crazy over driven result but a punchy one. I am testing with a stock mic so I get a reasonable result and when I compare it to other Galaxy MOSFET radios I've aligned this one seem lethargic. I just did 2 separate on air tests on AM and SSB and both operators said that the audio sounds weak or compressed. One challenge I had in the transmitter alignment was that L42 and L43 seemed to have very little effect on the output by reading the meter or the scope. I would say that L43 had no effect but that may be just shy of the truth but not far off. One other thought is that the one part I did not replace was the regulator. It has that Palomar max mod in it currently. I do have some new TIP36 and TIP42's and I was wondering if you felt like they may make a change. If I could just get this radio to have a little drive in it I could call it a day..... Thanks so much!!! [/QUOTE]

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