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Anonymous
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 02, 2001 - 3:01 pm: | 
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I just got the LONG handheld antenna from Copper. What a great improvement to this radio! RX is easily 6-9db better. I am still looking for a source for the "mobile-com" adaptor for this radio. |
Anonymous
| | Posted on Sunday, May 06, 2001 - 1:45 pm: |
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finally got a good dx qso with the Eagle Spitfire. Contact with station in Guatemala, about 4:50pm CST, Saturday, while sitting on my patio near San Antonio, running the ni-cad pack, external ht mic, using a Wilson NG-4 antenna suspended about 3ft off the ground. contact made on 27.XXX on LSB |
Anonymous
| | Posted on Thursday, May 10, 2001 - 7:04 am: |
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I HAVE TWO 454'S AND I CAN'T SEEM TO FIND A SPEAKER MIC THAT DOESN'T SQUEAL WHILE TRANSMITTING !
I HAVE 3 COBRA HH 46'S "WITH EXTRA FREQ'S" AND THE RADIO CRAP BRAND SPEAKER MIC WORKS FINE ON THEM !
ANYONE ELSE HAVE THIS PROBLEM OR SUGGESTIONS ? |
707
| | Posted on Saturday, May 12, 2001 - 2:42 am: |
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I use a RadShack handheld speaker/mic on my 454. Try using a bnc barrel adaptor and double male adaptor together to make an extender to put the whip base load above the mic plug. I did this to get rid of high reflected power coming back through that plug, causing the squeal and potentially damaging the final. The extension adds about 2 inches of height to the bnc ant connector. The other alternative is to just clip the speaker/mic plug off and put 90 degree mini and submini plugs on instead to keep the mic wires away from the base load. Keep in mind that regardless of how you do this, the coiled mic cord adds a lot of ground potential in proximity to the duckie antenna and will affect the way the transmitter loads if you let it hang too close. I love my 454! I just got the desktop dropin charger(DC-100). The charger will keep it running and allows the radio to use the nicads on transmit for full output if you want to use it as a "base"(on my desk at work on the fifth floor!), but then trickles them back up while you listen, plus it holds the radio upright. I've made quite a few contacts with this setup and people are amazed at the audio quality and the fact that it's a handheld ssb. |
Anonymous
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 16, 2001 - 10:49 pm: |
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THANKS , "707" FOR THE INFO , I'LL GIVE IT A TRY !
I LIKE MY 454'S TOO !
THE AUDIO ON MINE SOUNDS BETTER ON SSB THAN "AM" ..BUT SSB IS WHY I BOUGHT THEM IN THE 1st PLACE !!
WHERE CAN I FIND THE CHARGERS THAT YOU HAVE ?
I HAVEN'T FOUND THEM YET . |
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