[AMRadio] Was what is this???? now why i like am

[Rob Atkinson]

geoff, I forgot all about kenwoods.  I even have one, and yes, it has
the carrier pot on the front  panel.  that's what I get for sending
email right after I get up.

73

rob
K5UJ

On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 7:41 AM, Geoff Edmonson <w5omr at att.net> wrote:
>  On 12/01/2010 06:57 AM, Rob Atkinson wrote:
>> Jay, maybe because I got up 15 minutes ago but I don't know what you
>> mean.  I have a FT1000MP and there is a "power" pot on the front panel
>> which I think somehow adjusts PA collector current and as far as I
>> know, that's it.  What's the carrier control?  Maybe a control found
>> on older JA rigs with tube PAs?
>
> Nah.. Some rigs, like my Kenwood TS-450SAT have both a carrier level
> control and a power level control.
>
> I leave the power level control cranked wide open.  I adjust the carrier
> level to kick on the amplifier (4x 2SC2879) and the adjust the output of
> the amp (with the carrier control) to 1/4 of the amp's output.  Or,
> around 150w.  Signal reports from the mobile range from Very good to
> Excellent.  Looking forward to possibly easing the frequency down to
> 3.705 ~ 3.725 a little later this winter and seeing if I could make it
> to the East Coast, while mobile.
>
> 73 = Best Regards,
> -Geoff/W5OMR (/m)
> (mobile, because i'm 'cliff dwelling' [apartment] living in Houston, TX)
>
>