That was DTB ? Wow !! IM guessing that was the way "you" wanted it Steved ? Please don't get me wrong here. IM assuming (and you know what that can cause from time to time ) I've just heard you mention his name a few times in a few threads here and there.
I say Wow ! because he has always seemed to be a stickler when it comes to right and wrong ways for tuning radios over the years. Although , money is money and I certainly wouldn't hold it against him if he did what "you" wanted.
You see Steved , I like DTB's know how to a degree on how and why things work for the better , been reading his stuff now for getting on 6 years or so. So maybe I need to understand more ? although I do understand 4 to 1 ratio is concerned towards given radio , but not as far as a amplifier from given radio ?
Do you see where IM coming from here ? DTB and a few others like him have always talked about clean signals in would pretty much mean clean signals out. It's not always rocket science but if you were running a 29 into ,lets a Texas Star 250 , chances are, it would look like a 2 watt DK ballpark into the amp.
So mathamatically speaking (scope for say) your 29 at 100% modulation (remembering that there is really no such thing as anything over that in a scoped out world) your radio should do around 8 watts pep , there's your 4 to 1 ratio from radio . Alrighty then.
What you think that Texas star 250 with 2 x 2290s in it , that are basically 80 watt devices going to do now ? OK , what is 2 x 80 ? = 160 .......the question would be , with a clean scoped out signal into your box what you think you might get realistically ? 160 watt clean peped out signal would be nice huh ? and that would be from a 60 to 70 watt DK .
Keeping in mind steved , these are clean in and clean out numbers , no waste for the most part , all utilized watts as they were meant to be. Who would know better then DTB himself on this matter. So now we take your 29 and take it to 1977 disco teched !! Hmmm , Now it's doing 1.5 watts and swinging for the fences !! I bet that audio is 200 some odd percent now in the audio department !! but remember ,there's no such thing as anything over 100% modulation . So what would the rest be steved ?
now we hook that 250 up and we see the numbers game , looks like about 65 to 250 swinging now. So when the radio was a cleaned signal in and was giving a good clean 160 watts pep out at 100% modulation , what would the extra 110 watts pep be ? I think you no the answer to that already ?
Like I said , if DTB did this work on your 29 , IM impressed and puzzled at the same time ? Hmmmm For the simple fact that I have read 100s of threads on the good the bad and the ugly of all of this and always DTB or Freecell putting in there very good knowledge of all of this at any given time.
As I said , I certainly wouldn't hold it against him if he did. I don't have a problem with swing kits or anything else along those lines. But I always "thought" they did ? (and very understandablely why) This is why I have never ever been a fan of anybodies Blacklists towards others, so to speak .
These techs are surely right about one thing , there is truly a right way and a wrong way for doing things , but does it come down to those mighty green backs in the long and short of it ? I've known some pretty good techs in my time and I've known a few that "would not" go against there own grains of know how for any money. (I honestly knew a couple like that , one has retired and one has passed on about 5 years ago)
I've also known a few that always knew the differents between right and wrong as well as the others , but , they would also do what the customer wanted , the wrong way principles never effected there cash boxes and i don't think it would merit them on anybodies blacklist either. I've been out here for many years now steved , and these guys have taught me a thing or two about radios and amplifiers , IM no guru , IM but a hobbiest. I pay attention around these parts. (or at least I try)
I hope you don't think I was trying to give you a hard time here Steved ? I wasn't . I guess there are just things I remember that others in this business have stated in black and white for all to read. I honestly do not have a problem with a 4 to 1 ratio from anybodies amp , nor do I care about a radio that does 2 watts and swings 50 , these kinds of things have never been by crosses to bare. What would matter the most to me , would be that a guy like you was happy with what he had as far as a radio and amplifier was concerned.
I've never been much on Einstiens theroys to a degree with this shit , but learning for the better has always been a plus for me. I can only hope I don't speak with forked tongue ? and walk the talk the best that I can. I truly have a passion for this hobby steved and for what works the best and what may not , because what may not ? will always work as well , just not as clean and pure as the other. IM no saint.
I've rather enjoyed watching many of you learn as I have over the years ....to a degree anyway , I'd be lucky if I've even scratched the surface of know how with this shit ? It's been very interesting watching the right way crowds and the wrong way crowds on how they run there equipment , I think all those false numbers are pretty cool for what they are , false.
I often think that learning the truth and why things work the right ways have kind of put a damper on my hobby over the years. it's kind of like the drunk that gets a nudge form the judge and ends up in Alcoholics Anonomous only to find out he had a problem and only for it to ruin his drinking for the rest of his life.
I like Dave to a degree Steved , I think he knows his craft fairly well. It's sounds to me that you have enjoyed his work and the outcomes there after. And that is what should mean the most in the end. A Happy Customer. Peace
