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Looking at getting a compact SSB rig for the compact car.
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Knowing which parts to change is half the battle. Any clueless parts changer can swap parts without understanding why. Now to get a variable cap and variable pot to find the precise values.
Riiiiiiiiiiiight.
Because you can find a variable cap from virtually zero to ~100uF.
Or because without even looking at a diagram, if it's a resistor and a cap I am going to hazard a guess that it's just an RC time constant and you can do that with a calculator. No parts changing required. No special ... anything....
Just do it....
Because you can find a variable cap from virtually zero to ~100uF.
Or because without even looking at a diagram, if it's a resistor and a cap I am going to hazard a guess that it's just an RC time constant and you can do that with a calculator. No parts changing required. No special ... anything....
Just do it....
THE 980!!! It's a no brainier. I've yet to hear one that doesn't sound excellent right out of the box.
It's the 980's that have had fingers inside of them that don't sound so good. Fingers that don't belong inside of a perfectly sounding cb radio.
Imo. The 980 needs nothing, but voltage from your cars battery, and someone too key the mic. They sound great on AM, and SSB. As far as the receive goes I can't speak on it. I've never owned one nor been on the receiving side of one. But I have read articles online, and heard on air owners who are extremely happy with the RX of the 980. I'd take one over any other mobile CB. Especially an export! Any export!!! A great 11 meter AM SSB transceiver at a great price period. Good luck with whatever you decide to go with. 73's
You my friend have made the right choice! You're going to love, and rnjen the 980. It's an excellent AM SSB transciver. Merry Christmas. 73's. PS. No modifications needed. You're obviously not looking for any snake oil mods. And the 980 doesn't need any. 73's
I have a band new one & I don't like how noisy the receive is, & that it won't pick up the weather stations.
Nice radio other then that.
Nice radio other then that.
Mine does a great job picking up the weather bands. I can pick some up as far way as 90 miles with a cheap 4 foot antenna. These radios do sound good and stay on frequency. I really like my 980. Pair it up with a RM 203 and you will be heard with a good antenna. you will need to have the deadkey lowered on the 980 to about 2 watts though
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What kind of antenna are you using? The weather frequencies are around 162mhz. Some antennas that use a matching device can do a good job filtering them out.
I watched the CB Mag. review & mine is doing the same thing out of the box as his was doing.
A few adjustment & he said it was 100%
I just need to find someone that knows what they are doing to adjust mine.
Other then that it's a nice radio.
A few adjustment & he said it was 100%
I just need to find someone that knows what they are doing to adjust mine.
Other then that it's a nice radio.
It's now back in the box.
It's been on a few different antennas with the same results.
Playing with a Galaxy 959 at the moment.
It's been on a few different antennas with the same results.
Playing with a Galaxy 959 at the moment.
It is an fiberglass antenna I bought at the Flying j truck stop. I dont recall the brand. I will try to look to see what brand it is. I tried my quad wrapped 4.5 ft antenna and it is no near as good for picking up the weather band.
I happen to have the 980SSB expert in my contacts so I called him.
(he did not say it and I don't think he would ever say he is the 980 expert
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He tells me that the WX receiver between versions has a different squelch configuration. Where the old version would sill receive WX broadcasts even if weak they were more aggressive with the squelch on the new version. It's also a fixed value resistor but you could bodge a trimpot in there to get the adjustable squelch back.
He said the old version was more prone to false positives on the WX alert.
He thinks its because a weaker broadcast might trigger the alert if it happened to detect the 1050Hz tone in the static of a weaker signal. He says there was also a software change to increase the duration it had to "hear" the 1050Hz tone before it set off the alert.
Not that this helps, but it probably explains why the new version seems to have a worse WX receiver.
Edit: spellage.
(he did not say it and I don't think he would ever say he is the 980 expert
)He tells me that the WX receiver between versions has a different squelch configuration. Where the old version would sill receive WX broadcasts even if weak they were more aggressive with the squelch on the new version. It's also a fixed value resistor but you could bodge a trimpot in there to get the adjustable squelch back.
He said the old version was more prone to false positives on the WX alert.
He thinks its because a weaker broadcast might trigger the alert if it happened to detect the 1050Hz tone in the static of a weaker signal. He says there was also a software change to increase the duration it had to "hear" the 1050Hz tone before it set off the alert.
Not that this helps, but it probably explains why the new version seems to have a worse WX receiver.
Edit: spellage.
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