A radio that dk's 50w and swings to 150w would look undermodulated on a scope and would be very clean... it's only a 3:1 ratio. 100% modulation...
Disconnect the coax from the back of the radio. If it goes away it's probably RFI (radio frequency interference). This can be tough to eliminate....
Chuckles, you're heading in the right direction. Check your swr with an external meter. If the antennas has been damaged its readings,...
Cornelius sorry it took so long to get back to this... Yes you should recalibrate your meter for each channel you check it on. Properly...
Red, I do a little wheeling myself... [IMG] This is actually what got me back into radio. Like was already mentioned, if your deep in the...
Let me try to work through each one of these, if I miss something let me know... keep in mind, in the world of radio, like any science, there are...
Corneileous, What you're referring to there is a type of balun known as a common-mode-choke... they don't work very well in your application....
Couple of different reasons for this: First your radio's meter as already noted isn't going to be the most accurate, but it will definitely give...
