Yikes!. You mean that spark gap is dead! Lance N2HBA ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim B. To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 8:59 AM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Amateur-Grade Radios (Was: Fixed Audio)
Eric Lemmon wrote: > Nate, > > Several years ago, I chastised ARRL Labs for failing to report the basic > 2-way radio performance parameters of 12dB SINAD sensitivity, voice > deviation limit, CTCSS deviation limit, and center frequency accuracy. I > did not get a satisfactory answer, but I suspect that there is a reluctance > to disparage the performance of name-brand Ham radios. That's probably because they don't know what those terms mean. They have their collective heads so buried in HF SSB that, to most of them, anything above 30 Mhz, and has a squelch control, isn't ham radio. Many still feel that CTCSS access on a ham repeater should be banned. -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL
