New radio

To those of you who think " swing is king" might want to listen a little better to 90% of the radios out there that are over modulated splatter boxes.. if you want a good audio output keep ur deadkey about 25 to 30% of your total output and you will have a much cleaner signal and much better sounding audio. The "swing is king" mentality comes from all of the golden screw drivers out there who think they know what their doing when they dont

 

I always run mine on high close talking or not.My is set for 2w on low 6w on high swings around 55 ish.

 

i can tell you, all mine that i have had a 2 or 4 watt deadkey with a 50 watt swing looks lovely and with even hi/lo waves, not all over the place on an oscilliscope(sp) and analyzer. and they dont splatter and sound like a turd, but I have a technician/doctor with a degree in electronics that works on mine, he also has 30+ years experience, so a 2:50 can be done cleanly and not splattered. just my .02

 

glad your happy with your radio.

 

How do you tune your antennas?

{A man is only as good as his word.}

 

See my response to your post.

I take radio compliments with a grain of salt. I've heard truck drivers give compliments on radios that have a crunchy over-modulating sound that can be heard on 5 channels both ways, with enough echo to step on their own transmission. Just saying.

And I agree with kd8hqy, follow the 1 to 4 rule for good results...meaning for every 1 watt carrier you have 4 watts modulation. Swing isn't always the thing.