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I would have to agree with psycho here. Clipping limiters and/or altering this circuit does have benefits for AM mode. It is better to alter the limiter than to eliminate it altogether, as a rule. It doesn't affect SSB anyway.

Pushing the filter coils back together after someone else had previously spread them also keeps the radio's output cleaner and a true wattage is realized w/o 'false' watts into a dumb meter. Every Cobra 29 I've ever worked on had the coils spread by someone previously, and I put that back to stock.

Echo -IMO- is fine so long as it is is turned waaay down. It is when the delay and depth are turned up too high that it makes it difficult to understand someone. I like it set so that it just pulls the modulation up w/o detecting any echo at all. Like any other radio adjustments, being judicious goes a long way.

<blockquote data-quote="Robb" data-source="post: 191346" data-attributes="member: 8446">I would have to agree with psycho here.&nbsp; Clipping limiters and/or altering this circuit does have benefits for AM mode.&nbsp; It is better to alter the limiter than to eliminate it altogether, as a rule.&nbsp; It doesn&#039;t affect SSB anyway.&nbsp; Pushing the filter coils back together after someone else had previously spread them also keeps the radio&#039;s output cleaner and a true wattage is realized w/o &#039;false&#039; watts into a dumb meter.&nbsp; Every Cobra 29 I&#039;ve ever worked on had the coils spread by someone previously, and I put that back to stock.Echo -IMO- is fine so long as it is is turned waaay down.&nbsp; It is when the delay and depth are turned up too high that it makes it difficult to understand someone.&nbsp; I like it set so that it just pulls the modulation up w/o detecting any echo at all.&nbsp; Like any other radio adjustments, being judicious goes a long way.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Robb, post: 191346, member: 8446"] I would have to agree with psycho here. Clipping limiters and/or altering this circuit does have benefits for AM mode. It is better to alter the limiter than to eliminate it altogether, as a rule. It doesn't affect SSB anyway. Pushing the filter coils back together after someone else had previously spread them also keeps the radio's output cleaner and a true wattage is realized w/o 'false' watts into a dumb meter. Every Cobra 29 I've ever worked on had the coils spread by someone previously, and I put that back to stock. Echo -IMO- is fine so long as it is is turned waaay down. It is when the delay and depth are turned up too high that it makes it difficult to understand someone. I like it set so that it just pulls the modulation up w/o detecting any echo at all. Like any other radio adjustments, being judicious goes a long way. [/QUOTE]

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