    
Blackjack
Member
Username: Blackjack
Post Number: 51
Registered: 2-2007
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 09, 2009 - 6:14 pm: | 
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Hello all, a friend of mine has a SS158EDX he purchased from copper at the same time i did,roughly 2 years ago... We both had it tuned from copper... His 158 works fine with no issues,,BUT HE TOLD ME WHEN HE CHECKED RMS ON HIS BRID 43 METER,,,,IT SHOWED AROUND 2-3 WATTS RMS,,COMPARED TO HIS UNIDEN 78 WHICH AFTER IT WAS PEAKED/TUNE IT IS SHOWING 8-9 WATTS RMS.... HE IS TRYING TOI FIGURE OUT HOW A UNIDEN 78 CAN BE SHOWING MORE RMS WATTS THAN HIS DUAL FINAL SS158.... HE IS GOING TO BRING HIS BORD METER TO MY HOUSE OVER THE WEEKEND & CHECK MY 158 TO SEE WHAT IT IS DOING..... HE SAID IF THATS THE CASE, HE IS GOING TO GET RID OF IT...HE SAID HE TRYED ADJUSTING THE VARIABLE POWER CONTROL IN THE RADIO,,,BUT WHEN HE BRINGS IT UP HIGHER,IT SHOWS BACK SWING,,,HIS DEAD KEY IS CURRENTLY SET AROUND 2 WATTS....... IM PUZZLED ABOUT THIS SINCE MY SS158 SHOWS AROUND 40 WATTAS P.E.P. ON MY PALSTAR AM2000 METER WHICH IS SUPPOSE TO BE VERY CLOSE TO ACCURACY WITH A BIRD METER.... HIS IS SHOWING SIMILIAR ON HIS PALSTAT METER IN P.E.P. WATTS,,, BUT HE IS UPSET THAT HIS UNIDEN 78 SHOWS MORE.... HE IS THINKING MAYBE MOST OF THE WATTAGE COMING OUT OF THE SS158 IS HARMOONICS ON THE P.E.P. METER..... IM GUESSING IF ANYTHING,,,THE $80 UNIDEN 78 IS SHOWING MORE RMS WATTS BECAUSE IT IS THROWING OUT MORE HARMONICS,,,THE LIMITER BEING CUT & A FEW OTHER THINGS DONE INSIDE THE UNIDEN 78...HE ALSO SAID HIS HR2510 IS SHOWING AROUND 10 WATTS RMS.... HE FEELS EITHER THERE IS SOMETHING DEFECTIVE WITH THE RADIO IF ITS SHOWING 2-3 WATTS RMS & ITS A DUAL FINAL RADIO,OR IT IS JUST JUNK...HE ALSO STATED THAT RMS DOES NOT SHOW HARMONICS ,ONLY PEAK READING WILL...... I TOLD HIM I WOULD POST WHAT HE IS EXPERIENCING ON HERE & MAYBE SOMEONE HAS SEEN SOMETHING SIMILIAR OR HAS SOME KNOWLEDGE ON ANY OF THIS....THANX AGAIN IN ADVANCE... |
