Recent content by Shadetree Mechanic

I think it might have something to do with the distance of the DX. Several years ago, somewhere on this site, someone was talking about this, but with AM. They were saying that the scratchy overmodulation seems to go away with distance. I run a Cobra 148 as a dedicated station monitor, with...

Not much here, an occasional loud station that I can hear. The rest are way down in the grass, but I can still hear them because my noise floor is s1. It used to be s5 to s7, so I am enjoying it while it lasts...

Here is some neat stuff for small motor applications. https://www.mltoys.com

I have seen big three phase motors (100hp+) that switch from Y to Delta as they wind up. Used simple timer modules to switch big contactors. My kids power wheels jeep had a setup like that. Series for slow and parallel for fast. When I put a 12v battery in it, I wired them in parallel...

This guy might be able to help, I found his website a while back. I am not affiliated with him and have never used his services, it might be good to email him just to see what he says...

It might be so wide banded that the sensitivity is reduced?

Engineering Service Mode: - Use at your own risk. - Some settings need input from test equipment. If you access a parameter that needs an input from test equipment and you have nothing hooked to the radio, the parameter is set to zero and you now have a door stop. - Hold the knob and Mode...

The Super Star 3900 looks like the Ares 2.

Is the Superstar 676 made by Anytone?

I just checked, the three power levels are available in HAM mode.

With the white wire jumper in place, selecting HF will give you three power levels in the menu. High power will give you about 25w peak with a 7w carrier.

It's the bottom left button to back out of the menu, can't remember what it says. Strange that they relisted it, still being sold by Anytone. Maybe my review was too revealing? I had updated my review with a link to this thread, then when I was waiting for the update to go through, it was...

Just read the reviews, one guy runs 2Kw through it on a regular basis. I saved it to my list for future purchases.

A disc capacitor donated a leg, I stuck it in the holes. Hold Function and turn it on to select HF mode. Afterwards, you can pull the white wire jumper out. I already had the pin jumper to the left, might make a difference. Might not.