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SATURN, MELKA


I HAVE GALAXY SATURN IT SQUEALS WHEN USING EXTERNAL AMP,ALSO DOES ANY KNOWS ANY MODS ON THE RX. I HAVE A MELKA SOUNDS GOOD ON AM BUT SSB SOUNDS SCRATCHE

The Galaxy Saturn/amp is squealing because you have the output of the radio way too high into the amp and it is causing the amp to break out into self-oscillation. That would be my first guess.

Shottky diodes 1N6263 can be put in for better receive, but I am unfamiliar with the chassis series of the Saturn. Perhaps someone may chime in and say what it is.

The Melaka scratchy SSB could be a lot of things. Probably the mic, as a first guess . . .
 
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If the Melaka sounds scratchy on SSB, chances are that someone had the "Golden Screwdriver" in it and pulled the modulation limiter. Have a tech check out that radio, and do a good TX/RX alignment and make sure that nothing's been pulled or clipped.



~Cheers~
 

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