Uh...200 watts FM.
Nice video!
You nailed it, good job! Beginner luck possibly.
Nice video!
You nailed it, good job! Beginner luck possibly.
That's some serious current draw previously. You can see how much current draw was wasted to just get about 20% more wattage.Its better than before was peaking at 50-59A from 22A baseline but then it was also going well over 400W before in AM , just safer now .
Uh...200 watts FM.
Nice video!
You nailed it, good job! Beginner luck possibly.
That's some serious current draw previously. You can see how much current draw was wasted to just get about 20% more wattage.
Some people are watt-heads and will squeeze every available watt out of a radio or amp. The truth was, is, and always will be that it takes multiplying the power by 4x to get just 1 extra signal strength on the other end. You would now have to increase your power to 1600 watts to get there then up to 6400 watts to get another one. The first major amplification stage is always the most crucial.
Excessive PEP power leads to shortened final life and excessive heat. Excessive deadkey power is wasteful too. This is only useful for those key-down competitions which are meaningless to me. It's similar to turning up the high idle on your car which will waste fuel, create more heat, and serve no purpose to overall performance. Too little deadkey isn't good because the excessive swing will cause audio distortion.
You have a powerful radio and with an ideal antenna system, you will have an excellent station.
Maybe other people reading this thread can learn something from it.
Beginner's luck, not a chance with you helping me! much appreciated
someone spreading the sea for the cavalry to speed through with little to no resistance?
My pleasure! Someone helped me with it years ago on doing this same thing, now I just paid him back!
Yes, interesting analogy.
Mark the SSB pot with a marker first for reference, then bring it down to a strong 400 on peaks.
There is only one pot labeled SSB power. Don't touch the other one.
Mic gain should be up to where you would normally run it. SSB has no carrier so you do need good modulation to check and set it.
I never had to adjust SSB power because it was usually within spec's. Yours at 500 watts is high.
Why yours would be so high would reflect on lack of Q-control letting them pass by like that. Shame!
These newer versions of the 2970's sparked my interest so I just ordered one from Bell's CB shop. I went with the N2 version which is just the 200w mosfet version of yours. I'll be curious to see what it does out of the box. I 'm not having any of those so-called peak and tune mods just a new factory sealed box.
That brings up a question, did you have your radio peaked and tuned at time of sale or was it factory fresh?