Compressor

[brandon7861]

I have never seen a stock, 4 pin 8719 in the wild.

I thought this was normal for this radio, but I've never seen any other washington in person, so I wouldn't know. I am almost 100% sure it has the 8719 in it. I don't think I have any 858 radios.

I am not the original owner, nor is the guy I got it from. I know two owners ago, a hole was drilled in the speaker grill for a crystal switch, but I removed that. She is definitely not mint, but it sounds great on the air.

I didn't know about RF limiting either. Hopefully I can finish up that compressor this weekend and move on to the DSB limiter. I burned up last weekend working on my server so it works with a GPS tracking app my friend made. The coordinates go right to my hard drive at whatever interval I set so I will never lose my phone again. Too many projects going on at the same time as usual.

 

[Cable Guy]

I thought this was normal for this radio, but I've never seen any other washington in person, so I wouldn't know. I am almost 100% sure it has the 8719 in it. I don't think I have any 858 radios.

I am not the original owner, nor is the guy I got it from. I know two owners ago, a hole was drilled in the speaker grill for a crystal switch, but I removed that. She is definitely not mint, but it sounds great on the air.

I didn't know about RF limiting either. Hopefully I can finish up that compressor this weekend and move on to the DSB limiter. I burned up last weekend working on my server so it works with a GPS tracking app my friend made. The coordinates go right to my hard drive at whatever interval I set so I will never lose my phone again. Too many projects going on at the same time as usual.

I have 4 Washingtons, all 8719, and I have 2 friends that run the 858. They both perform well, and the factory compressor of the 858 puts it just beyond the 8719 IMO. They can be great radios with a solid alignment, some of the best compliments I ever received were with a Washington, UR6QW 8 band EQ and a cheap studio mic.

 

[loosecannon]

the other way to tell which washington you have is the number of buttons on the lower right.

if you have three buttons, its the 8719 version.
if you have two, 858.


UPD858 version:

MB8719 version:

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