cre 8900 Output seems low.

[Mudfoot]

To get those results you have to "think" like Bells.

I'll just stick with my stock output.

 

[mdavis735]

Mine came from bells. I haven't seen my tuneup report yet, but on my brand new diamond sx-100 it doesn't do near those numbers. On ssb or am. I have know idea how accurate my meter is, but I've heard great things about the diamond.

 

[Mavrik]

OK I figured out what my problem was. My radio is fine and performing better (2-15 deadkey swinging 5-41 on AM and swinging to 32 SSB) simply because I had my mic gain too low. I am still trying to get the best sounding adjustments but mic gain set to 38 and road devil set to half got good reviews so far and my first DX QSO with this radio and antenna. Still have yet to figure out how to use this talkback with the road devil though.

Does seem odd the AM is swinging 40+ and the SSB is 30+ but I can live with this, at least is acting more like when I unboxed it.