Jerry- as to "most easily accomplished" for checking a speedometer, I gotta
believe a GPS is more accurate, and a HECK of a lot easier, isn't it??.......
and, Mike-
I have a solution to your frets about output power: Sell your calibrated
equipment, and run her by the seat of your pants.... if you make the contact,
you have enough power, if you don't make it, give her a bit more "foot feed"
until you either make it, or run out of "pedal". I find it funny how we all
have our own little quirks about things that bother us: I.E., I had an Omni VI,
and sold it for 2 reasons: Narrow recieve audio on SSB (SOMETIMES a blessing),
and the straw that broke THIS camel's back was the drift at turn-on. Both
"issues" with the rig were amplified (no pun intended) by the Kenmore TS-850
that I had along side it, which had neither issue, (Can you say polar opposite
on receive audio??) and was about the same age.
I decided to sell my Telewave meters, and have a cheap CB type meter in line
that shows relative forward and reverse power at the same time. Am I running 35
watts, or 70 watts out of my Corsair II??? I don't know.... nor do I care.
Hope it helps ease the sting a little. (I couldn't take the sting of it- I sold
the Omni VI. I had it alongside the Kenmore for around a year, and NEVER, under
any condition, was I able to copy a station on one rig, and not the other.)
73- Greg Schippers, KC8HXO
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin
--- On Fri, 4/1/11, Dr. Gerald N. Johnson <geraldj@weather.net> wrote:
> From: Dr. Gerald N. Johnson <geraldj@weather.net>
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] eagle
> To: tentec@contesting.com
> Date: Friday, April 1, 2011, 8:42 PM
> --------------------snipped------------------------
> A dynamometer won't necessarily show that your car
> speedometer is wrong,
> that's most easily accomplished on a road with measured
> markers at 1/4
> or 1 mile intervals and a stop watch.
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