skipp025 wrote: > > > > But an over deviated new radio doesn't sound crappy in the typical > > > operators hands. It often sounds pretty darn good/loud. So the > > > mfgrs keep sending them out "hot" and few people complain about > > > it. > > > And repeaters which 'fix' the problem for them doesn't help, either. > > By the nature of the beast.. most all standard repeater operation > should clean up a wide input signal through the repeat process. It > may not be optimal but it's realistic. Pretty much everyone is doing > it.
I give up. This is supposed to be about audio - not deviation. I guess no argument can be made about the audio, so the subject is changed. > > Again this is the problem in today's ham radio - people are so > > worried about hurting the feelings of others they won't even tell > > them when they need their radio fixed. > > We have not experienced or heard about this being a major problem. In > the few times really hot radios have come on the system we describe > the deviation problem and try to help the user resolve it. We don't > tell them the radio needs to be fixed. Only that the radios out of > the box alignment is not optimal for standard voice repeater > operation and what options they may have to resolve those issues. Yet you're the one who brought up the users being torqued off. If it isn't a problem, why was it brought up as a concern? > > Criticizing others personally is a sign of poor character. > > Criticize my comments, debate them, or accept them. Don't try > > to avoid them like this. > > I care not to debate you Joe... just to make sure your blood pressure > is in check and that you stop listening to so much Michael Savage on > the broadcast radio. Whoever that is. Fine don't debate the issues. Why post a reply? > > What do you do to eliminate the squelch crash? I have yet to hear > > anything other than audio delays that will do it with the single > > exception of the Micor which will have a very short crash (almost > > to the point of a click) on strong signals. But, it is still > > there, and weak signals still have the traditional crash. > > Joe M. > > Sure... > I'll tell you the msr-2000 repeater has a dual squelch circuit in > normal repeater operation. Proper adjustment of both squelch > levels pretty much removes any crash noise. No audio delay lines > and everyone sounds like a breath of spring... It gives everyone an Irish accent? ;-> Joe M.
