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Post by Night Ranger on Jun 2, 2015 22:51:08 GMT -5
Sparky and "1/4 Wave Dave" in Pennsylvania coming in skip to South Carolina - 6/2/2015 on my Kraco "Frankenstein" KCB-2310a 1976 23 channel mobile CB with various parts swiped from a junked Kraco Super Deluxe KCB-2330.  www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVisks1TN5sNight Ranger |
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Post by Sandbagger on Jun 3, 2015 6:23:48 GMT -5
Sparky and "1/4 Wave Dave" in Pennsylvania coming in skip to South Carolina - 6/2/2015 on my Kraco "Frankenstein" KCB-2310a 1976 23 channel mobile CB with various parts swiped from a junked Kraco Super Deluxe KCB-2330. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVisks1TN5sNight Ranger I wonder what the chances will be that the E-skip conditions to SoCar will be there for CRR tonight? Probably the same as it was last week.....  Ol' Sparky was sounding great, nearly broadcast quality, and no echo  |
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Post by BBB on Jun 3, 2015 10:57:29 GMT -5
Thank you for the gate Night Ranger and the flowers Sandbagger. I had Night Ranger in there really loud a few times and then it would fade in and out. It was the good type of skip where we could converse though. The Yaesu FT-1000MP was set to HiFi mode a few times last night. I get great DX audio reports when in that mode, but interestingly a few of the locals say it sounds distorted and one operator went as far last night to say that I sounded like "sh!t". Hmmm, I'm not triggering the ALC much (if at all) or sound distorted in my monitor radio. I'm not clipping on the mod scope, nor am I throwing any off frequency spurs on the analyzer. The 1000MP will DK 10 watts carrier and swing to 40-50 watts PEP very cleanly with it's (2) 2sc2879 Toshiba PA section. I bet very close to class A operation. Maybe I'm overloading their IF sections with too much low frequency audio bandwidth  |
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Post by Sandbagger on Jun 3, 2015 11:56:48 GMT -5
Thank you for the gate Night Ranger and the flowers Sandbagger. I had Night Ranger in there really loud a few times and then it would fade in and out. It was the good type of skip where we could converse though. The Yaesu FT-1000MP was set to HiFi mode a few times last night. I get great DX audio reports when in that mode, but interestingly a few of the locals say it sounds distorted and one operator went as far last night to say that I sounded like "sh!t". Hmmm, I'm not triggering the ALC much (if at all) or sound distorted in my monitor radio. I'm not clipping on the mod scope, nor am I throwing any off frequency spurs on the analyzer. The 1000MP will DK 10 watts carrier and swing to 40-50 watts PEP very cleanly with it's (2) 2sc2879 Toshiba PA section. I bet very close to class A operation. Maybe I'm overloading their IF sections with too much low frequency audio bandwidth Some people (mostly the "all knobs to the right" crowd) think that anything that isn't very bright (pooched at 2 Khz) and overmodulated sounds like "Sh!t". Personally, I prefer that fuller HiFi sound. Far more natural sounding. But it is true that unless the receiver is capable of passing that fuller HiFi, it may sound a little muddy. |
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Post by Night Ranger on Jun 3, 2015 17:53:24 GMT -5
Thank you for the gate Night Ranger and the flowers Sandbagger. I had Night Ranger in there really loud a few times and then it would fade in and out. It was the good type of skip where we could converse though. The Yaesu FT-1000MP was set to HiFi mode a few times last night. I get great DX audio reports when in that mode, but interestingly a few of the locals say it sounds distorted and one operator went as far last night to say that I sounded like "sh!t". Hmmm, I'm not triggering the ALC much (if at all) or sound distorted in my monitor radio. I'm not clipping on the mod scope, nor am I throwing any off frequency spurs on the analyzer. The 1000MP will DK 10 watts carrier and swing to 40-50 watts PEP very cleanly with it's (2) 2sc2879 Toshiba PA section. I bet very close to class A operation. Maybe I'm overloading their IF sections with too much low frequency audio bandwidth You know.... Calling my Kraco the "Crazy Kraco" is actually more appropriate than I initially realized. The parts Kraco Super Deluxe radio I have been using for the S meter and extra ceramic filter was given to me about 30 years ago by "Krazy Ken". So..from now on the radio benefiting from the parts from Krazy Ken's Kraco will be called "The Krazy Kraco". As Krazy Ken was fond of saying....."That's Krazy spelled with a K". Night Ranger |
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