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Bob I agree about the unlocked clarifiers and have tried to beat that into people's heads for years. Most just cannot or will not understand it and some just plain refuse to listen. Years ago when all clarifiers were unlocked (and radios had better quality control) we could have a dozen guys on frequency without an issue. The TX tracked properly with the RX and EVERYBODY was tuned the same.Many nights we would have roundtables with that many guys from all over the province and nobody had to continuously shift their clarifer as different guys would take their turn. Today the golden screwdriver tech unlocks the clarifier and does not bother to check for proper TX/RX tracking. Funny thing is that hams have a BIG unlocked clarifier called a VFO and we never have frequency issues when a bunch of guys are on a net.

Oh boy....I fear we just opened up yet another locked versus unlocked debate. :headbang

<blockquote data-quote="Captain Kilowatt" data-source="post: 403311" data-attributes="member: 39">Bob I agree about the unlocked clarifiers and have tried to beat that into people&#039;s heads for years. Most just cannot or will not understand it and some just plain refuse to listen. Years ago when all clarifiers were unlocked (and radios had better quality control) we could have a dozen guys on frequency without an issue. The TX tracked properly with the RX and EVERYBODY was tuned the same.Many nights we would have roundtables with that many guys from all over the province and nobody had to continuously shift their clarifer as different guys would take their turn. Today the golden screwdriver tech unlocks the clarifier and does not bother to check for proper TX/RX tracking. Funny thing is that hams have a BIG unlocked clarifier called a VFO and we never have frequency issues when a bunch of guys are on a net.Oh boy....I fear we just opened up yet another locked versus unlocked debate.&nbsp; :headbang</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Captain Kilowatt, post: 403311, member: 39"] Bob I agree about the unlocked clarifiers and have tried to beat that into people's heads for years. Most just cannot or will not understand it and some just plain refuse to listen. Years ago when all clarifiers were unlocked (and radios had better quality control) we could have a dozen guys on frequency without an issue. The TX tracked properly with the RX and EVERYBODY was tuned the same.Many nights we would have roundtables with that many guys from all over the province and nobody had to continuously shift their clarifer as different guys would take their turn. Today the golden screwdriver tech unlocks the clarifier and does not bother to check for proper TX/RX tracking. Funny thing is that hams have a BIG unlocked clarifier called a VFO and we never have frequency issues when a bunch of guys are on a net. Oh boy....I fear we just opened up yet another locked versus unlocked debate. :headbang [/QUOTE]

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