I'd like to play around with that version 2.042A code tonight.
Does anyone still have a copy they can send to me?
Lin
WB1AIW
linbdavis@earthlink.net
Ron Castro wrote:
> Here are a list of problems I found right off with the v. 2.042A, even after
> doing a battery reset and two master resets and memory clear:
> 1.. Very noticeable distortion on all audio. Sounds like overdrive in IF
> or DSP section.
> 2.. AGC hang in AF AGC. S-meter goes up and never comes down! At same
> time, RF gain goes down and does not come back up. If you manually turn the
> RF Gain all the way to 0, then back up to 100, the radio is essentially
> muted. This will not happen if the "AGC Hang" setting is 0, but then
> distortion is really bad.
> 3.. NR does not work in AF AGC mode. Does seem to work well in RF AGC mode.
> 4.. Much more audio drive needed on AUX input for SSB. It looks like about
> 10 dB more.
> 5.. AM carrier= 1.25 Watts max! That's at 100% PWR setting.
> 6.. FM carrier= 6.4 Watts max.
> 7.. SSB Speech Processor gives only around 50 Watts max peak output. You
> can get it up to 100 Watts when you crank it to "way beyond reasonable
> distortion".
> 8.. Could not find any sort of S-Meter calibration
> Here are the good points so far:
> 1.. Side tone is louder and spot level is too.
> 2.. Waterfall display is much improved.
> 3.. Difference in frequency between Main and Sub improved, but still not
> "phase locked". I detect about 0.1 Hz differential which should make it fine
> for true diversity antenna work.
> 4.. In RF AGC mode, the NR really does seem improved, although it's hard to
> tell with the audio distortion mentioned above.
> So that's the good, the bad and the ugly of it! I'm QSYing back to v.
> 2.039d, the last one that worked right...
>
> Ron N6IE
> www.N6IE.com
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