Correct,
Not sure why ancient mode is still used. I realize
guys built surplus stuff that could only use AM. Give
me a break, why would any rig today even have it?
Double the bandwidth and a fourth of the power.
Despite the decline of licensees our bands are too
crowded for this stuff. I assumed the version
intentionally removed AM, why do view it as a bug?
73, John NA9U
--- Grant Youngman <nq5t@comcast.net> wrote:
> Thanks to all of you who responded to my posting
both on and
> off the reflector. Keep those review and comments
coming!
The great thing about the II is that the number of
REAL issues, compared to
the kinds of thins that bugged us when the original
Orion was shipped, are
neglibible. Gary and company have done a great job.
True, something in the
2.028 release killed AM transmit, but for most users
that's probably a
non-event, sadly, due to fundamentalist SSB-alamist
religion-based
misguidance. Many of you are going .."what's AM" or
"why or those AM
Morther-Frikers bothering the frequency on 75M that
my group purchased from
the FCC". But I'm sure we'll see that fixed for
those four or five of us
for to whom it's important to bug the folks who did
purchase 75 and 20M
frequencies ... and it works fine in 2.025 anyway,
almost ... ok, the MON
function doesn't work. But that's a nit.
I did call the FCC about auctions of frequencies on
75M and 20M, and asked
how much it would cost to buy one for my club --
first amendment things and
all --- but did't get a positive response. Don't
know how the TTOPGGs
("Trailer Trash Over-Processed Grunge Groups") got
theirs, but I guess I
don't have the right political connections. Or maybe
I just wasn't a friend
of "W" before it made a difference .... Jorge, ol'
buddy, if you're
listening, I have started "clearing brush" every
weekend ...
Anyway, the II is just an overall terrific radio
.... :-)
Grant/NQ5T
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