Rick,
Have you bought a new vehicle lately? My 2017 model (moving from a 2008
model) had more bells and whistles than I could imagine. The salesman
made an attempt at familiarizing me with the various functions, but the
mind became saturated during his demo, and I concentrated only on what
was necessary to drive it home!
I had to read the owner's manual to be able to deal properly with the
vehicle. So RTFM. All transceivers are not the same. What is OK for
some is not OK for others.
Case in point is the way the Elecraft transceivers control power. Other
amateur transceivers can control the power output in an open loop with
the amount of audio that is produced.
Elecraft transceivers control power output in a closed loop and must be
treated differently. The manual statement to adjust the audio for voice
operation for 5 to 7 bars on the ALC meter, and for soundcard digital
modes to set the audio for 4 bars solid and the 5th bar flashing must be
respected. The power output must be controlled by the POWER knob, and
not the audio level.
Read the manual - that information I gave above is not intuitive because
much internet advice and even the instructions for some of the
application software do not consider the Elecraft method of power output
control.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 3/27/2019 7:25 PM, Rick WA6NHC wrote:
Heh, I'm the exact opposite. It's one of my evaluation test points that
if the device/software is truly user intuitive, friendly etc, the manual
become superfluous, rarely needed. But for picking out the nits and
finer subtle details these days, one must read because ultimately, they
matter.
Hurray for PDF and the search function! You can keep a van load of
'books' on your phones now.
Rick NHC
On 3/27/2019 4:11 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
It's amazing the things you can learn simply by reading the manual.
It's the first thing I do with an new product.
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