G'morning. (just barely....but it still is morning in Houston!)
This has been "playing through my mind" overnight.... I want to ask MAYBE one.....MAYBE several questions.... JUST to be SURE that I am clear on where we are. I am having to use you as my "eyes and ears" because you have the radio!![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Let me go back to RCV.
You say that it is receiving signal. From that... I am taking that...if you have an antenna hooked to it...and there is "chatter on a channel"......you can TUNE to that channel...and HEAR the channel audio....and you can hear it at a decent volume.
Is that correct?
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On TX
You say that it transmits a carrier. From that.... I am taking that you can put the radio on a channel.....key the mic...... and .... on ANOTHER RADIO (an HT or whatever it is) you can SEE the needle go up and HEAR a FULL QUIETING effect..... even though there is NO modulation heard.
Is that correct?
Also on TX
WHEN you key up ......does the meter ON the Smokey 23 seem to SHOW that the carrier output is working? I realize that the meter is flaky.... at least on RCV.....but when you key.... does it JUMP UP to a different place and stay there as long as you hold the mic keyed??? Also.... assuming that the meter DOES jump up in TX..... IF you try to modulate....do you see any "wiggle" in the Smokey 23's meter?
There may be more as I think about this.....
This has been "playing through my mind" overnight.... I want to ask MAYBE one.....MAYBE several questions.... JUST to be SURE that I am clear on where we are. I am having to use you as my "eyes and ears" because you have the radio!
Let me go back to RCV.
You say that it is receiving signal. From that... I am taking that...if you have an antenna hooked to it...and there is "chatter on a channel"......you can TUNE to that channel...and HEAR the channel audio....and you can hear it at a decent volume.
Is that correct?
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On TX
You say that it transmits a carrier. From that.... I am taking that you can put the radio on a channel.....key the mic...... and .... on ANOTHER RADIO (an HT or whatever it is) you can SEE the needle go up and HEAR a FULL QUIETING effect..... even though there is NO modulation heard.
Is that correct?
Also on TX
WHEN you key up ......does the meter ON the Smokey 23 seem to SHOW that the carrier output is working? I realize that the meter is flaky.... at least on RCV.....but when you key.... does it JUMP UP to a different place and stay there as long as you hold the mic keyed??? Also.... assuming that the meter DOES jump up in TX..... IF you try to modulate....do you see any "wiggle" in the Smokey 23's meter?
There may be more as I think about this.....