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Keithinatlanta
Intermediate Member
Username: Keithinatlanta
Post Number: 479
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, February 19, 2005 - 9:32 am: | 
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Hi guys . I have a Lafayette Telstat SSB 140 am/ssb forty channel base. No mods, No power, just good ole simple CB base station. I have a new Astatic 10 Da with the super sidebander head on it. ? is this: where do I put the mic gain on radio and where do I set the adjustment on the power that is under the mike? Is one turned up all the way and adjust the other? Thanks in advance.
Keith in Atlanta
CEF 150 |
Mrnobody
Junior Member
Username: Mrnobody
Post Number: 47
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, February 19, 2005 - 9:48 am: |
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hey keith,
i keep my 104 all the way up and work the radio. it's alot easyier to adjust the radio then to keep turning the mike upside down to adjust that,
these are great radios my first one i'm the 2 owner bought it in 1980 for 35$
just my 2 cent for what it's worth
CHRIS |
Keithinatlanta
Intermediate Member
Username: Keithinatlanta
Post Number: 480
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, February 19, 2005 - 10:43 am: |
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Hey Chris. You have the same radio I am talking about?
Keith |
Mrnobody
Junior Member
Username: Mrnobody
Post Number: 48
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, February 19, 2005 - 11:16 am: |
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ya keith,
i have 4 of them now, most recent one i picked up was at a auction new in the box still wrapped up in plastic 100$
chris |
Racer_x
Junior Member
Username: Racer_x
Post Number: 14
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, February 19, 2005 - 8:54 pm: |
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I've got a Lafayette Telsat SSB-140 too. It's nearly perfect - not a scratch on it. I like the look of the aluminum face. It doesn't have the adjacent channel rejection that my Courier Centurion 40D has, but it's prettier.
I always run the mic gain on the radio at maximum. I adjust the mic to have enought output to fully modulate the radio when I close talk it in a slightly softer than normal volume so my voice sounds unstressed and relaxed. This method has a couple of advantages:
-Very little background noise is picked up because the amplification of the mic is low.
-The battery of the mic lasts a really long time. |
