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Thanks for the info!!

I was considering that route a few months back, but the only extra radios I have laying around that haven't been robbed of parts are a midland 13-892, a uniden washington (which I would really hate to destroy either of these for this) and an old Mectron MCB-22. I don't have the schematic for the mectron, but I think it is also a high-level modulation radio.

But even if I get it down in the mW realm, I am still over 100dB too high to directly feed it into another radio, right? I might have to put the SG radio out in the shed lol. My goal is to have something I can directly connect to the antenna jack of the radio being serviced, which means even at a mW of power, I need serious attenuation and shielding, unless I am missing something ( I have never did a receiver alignment before, I just know the sensitivity I am dealing with is around -110dBm to -120dBm. Can I do a receiver alignment without getting that low by watching the audio output level?

I do have an old 9v walkie talkie that died years ago, maybe the crystal is still good. It's for ch14 though.

<blockquote data-quote="brandon7861" data-source="post: 781944" data-attributes="member: 53724">Thanks for the info!!&nbsp; I was considering that route a few months back, but the only extra radios I have laying around that haven&#039;t been robbed of parts are a midland 13-892, a uniden washington (which I would really hate to destroy either of these for this) and an old Mectron MCB-22. I don&#039;t have the schematic for the mectron, but I think it is also a high-level modulation radio.&nbsp; But even if I get it down in the mW realm, I am still over 100dB too high to directly feed it into another radio, right?&nbsp; I might have to put the SG&nbsp; radio out in the shed lol. My goal is to have something I can directly connect to the antenna jack of the radio being serviced, which means even at a mW of power, I need serious attenuation and shielding, unless I am missing something ( I have never did a receiver alignment before, I just know the sensitivity I am dealing with is around -110dBm to -120dBm.&nbsp; Can I do a receiver alignment without getting that low by watching the audio output level?&nbsp; I do have an old 9v walkie talkie that died years ago, maybe the crystal is still good. It&#039;s for ch14 though.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="brandon7861, post: 781944, member: 53724"] Thanks for the info!! I was considering that route a few months back, but the only extra radios I have laying around that haven't been robbed of parts are a midland 13-892, a uniden washington (which I would really hate to destroy either of these for this) and an old Mectron MCB-22. I don't have the schematic for the mectron, but I think it is also a high-level modulation radio. But even if I get it down in the mW realm, I am still over 100dB too high to directly feed it into another radio, right? I might have to put the SG radio out in the shed lol. My goal is to have something I can directly connect to the antenna jack of the radio being serviced, which means even at a mW of power, I need serious attenuation and shielding, unless I am missing something ( I have never did a receiver alignment before, I just know the sensitivity I am dealing with is around -110dBm to -120dBm. Can I do a receiver alignment without getting that low by watching the audio output level? I do have an old 9v walkie talkie that died years ago, maybe the crystal is still good. It's for ch14 though. [/QUOTE]

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