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Shrek
| Posted on Saturday, August 03, 2002 - 8:46 am: |
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I have a cobra 29 LTD classic that was peaked and tuned right after i bought it. I just ordered a palomar 250 to play with. Now, the input power for the 250 is I believe 2 to 4 watts. Since my radio is peaked and tuned, do i have to Undo what was done to get my 2-4 deadkey watts? How do i Turn it down when i want to use the amp and turn it up when i dont? Is that even possible?? |
Capncrunch
| Posted on Saturday, August 03, 2002 - 1:43 pm: |
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you can have someone install a variable power on the radio to adjust the output but what you need is a wattmeter to see what the radio is doin now cause most of the time when they peak and tune a radio they set it at a low dead key and set it to swing on up so your radio is probably good but you need to put it on a meter and check for sure that amp will probably work better with around a 1 watt deadkey they usually sound best with as low a deadkey you can put in it that will make the amp kick in capncrunch |
Tech671
| Posted on Saturday, August 03, 2002 - 11:06 pm: |
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Shrek, With typical standard peak of that radio the carrier is 5-6w, way too much. The carrier needs to be suppressed while maintaining forward power. If you have a good iron and soldering skill I'll walk you through it via email. |
Shrek
| Posted on Sunday, August 04, 2002 - 8:25 am: |
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Thanks guys. Can i use my delta tune knob and replace it with variable power so i can turn it down when i want to use the amo and turn it up to run barefoot? |
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