[bars] Back on the air

Thu Jul 13 13:44:11 EDT 2023

That and the *price tag* of SDR. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Some of us are still paying our
mortgages and would like to have vacations every few years.

73,
KC1SOZ
Juan

On Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 1:20 PM <hgcsenior at gmail.com> wrote:

> RF/Audio gain on 7300 I’ve had lots of experience with the past 5 years.
> Nearly every You Tube videos demo bright rainbow colored screens cranked to
> the max.  light show for You Tube, but horrid for RF radio tuning.
> Minimizing the RF gain you get very sharp defined spectrum.  Performance
> was improved immensely after I figured this  out.  The value of  SDR.
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> Henry – WA1VAB
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> *From:* bars <bars-bounces at w1hh.org> *On Behalf Of *Steve Wedge, W1ES/4
> via bars
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 13, 2023 11:10 AM
> *To:* soldersmoke01 at gmail.com; asmith at netspace.org
> *Cc:* apizer at comcast.net; bars at w1hh.org
> *Subject:* Re: [bars] Back on the air
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> The IC-7610 works similarly. There’s so much in this radio that there are
> TWO manuals: Basic and Advanced.
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> I’m still playing with the features.
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> Steve Wedge, W1ES/4
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> Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
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> On Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 10:15, Andy Wallace <soldersmoke01 at gmail.com
> <On%20Thu,%20Jul%2013,%202023%20at%2010:15,%20Andy%20Wallace%20%3c%3ca%20href=>>
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> IC-7300 and other rigs do the same. In the 7300 it also puts an RFG icon
> on the screen to let you know it’s not at maximum. Playing with this can
> increase signal to noise ratio and make listening more pleasant. Try it.
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> Also you can plant the radio on, say, 28.400 the 10m calling frequency and
> turn up the squelch so the radio’s quiet until someone comes on.
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> Downloading the full manual PDF and browsing it to understand all the
> functions is really helpful.
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> Andy
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> KA1GTT
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> On Jul 13, 2023, at 10:11 AM, Adam Smith <asmith at netspace.org> wrote:
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> I happen to have read this part of my IC-756PRO manual yesterday.  On this
> rig RF gain and squelch are basically separate ranges in the same physical
> dial.  It is possible to configure the radio to always use maximum gain
> (knob controls squelch), or an "auto"mode where AM and FM get squelch
> control and SSB/CW/RTTY modes have RF gain control enabled.  At "noon"
> position basically gain is full and squelch is low.
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> In the comedy department, the manual says: "The squelch is particularly
> effective for FM.  It is also available for other modes."
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> I mostly run SSB on 10 and 20 so the knob stays at 12 o'clock position.
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> Adam
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> KC1HSE
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> On Wed, Jul 12, 2023, 11:23 PM KC1SOZ <kc1soz at bd5.com> wrote:
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> Must be Yaesu's attempts at comedy. 🤣🤣
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> On Wed, Jul 12, 2023, 11:07 PM ARTHUR PIZER <apizer at comcast.net> wrote:
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> I will reply to this as it appears I am once again receiving the list.
> Glad you figured that out Juan. But it depends on the rig. On my yaesu
> ft1000 the squelch does function in am/ssb mode.  And I have a 1973 vintage
> ftdx401 where the ssb mic gain is also the Cw carrier power adjustment.
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> NF1A
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> On 07/12/2023 9:23 PM EDT KC1SOZ <kc1soz at bd5.com> wrote:
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> I should know to RTFM by now.. LOL! SQL doesn't work because on this radio
> it only works in FM mode and the optional FM board is not installed.
> Mic/Drive sets power out in SSB mode. It does nothing in CW or FM. Weird.
> And it looks like the meter is not supposed to be backlit.
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> So I guess the beast is working exactly as it is supposed to. <shrug>
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> 73,
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> KC1SOZ
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> Juan
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> On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 8:26 PM KC1SOZ <kc1soz at bd5.com> wrote:
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> Got the FT-77 connected and running. Amazingly, it works, with some
> exceptions. SQL adjust doesn't work, and output is a slight bit wobbly in
> USB mode. Settles down if I dial down mic/drive. CW works amazingly well.
> FM doesn't work, the board for it is an add-on and is not installed. In
> fact, it has no options installed. I was a bit surprised to see the CW
> option has to be soldered onto the main board. Backlight on the meter is
> also not working. I was heard once on FT8 but today is a nasty day for
> propagation. Solar activity on DXHeat is off the meter. The RF and noise
> attenuation work VERY well, better than on my 840.
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> And.... justy now a QSO with US2YW in Ukraine. The radio does transmit
> well. :) I'm also happy to see I've passed the 50% mark for QSL's on my
> QSO's.
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> I wish I had the test equipment and space in my shack to fix my 840
> myself. It's going to have to go to a shop.
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> 73,
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> KC1SOZ
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> Juan
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