[Collins] Thanks for all the replies (PM-1)

Wed, 12 Jun 2002 08:22:01 -0400

Sounds like he had one of the menu settings wrong, or unknowingly had
one of the restrictive DSP settings turned on.

He will get sweet audio from a KWM2A if all the caps are good.

Guy.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry Kincade" <[email protected]>
To: "Anthony Sang" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 7:57 AM
Subject: Re: [Collins] Thanks for all the replies (PM-1)

> Anthony, if you are a new ham and don't think an FT-1000MP is enough
radio
> for you, you might keep it a while and give your operating skills
time to
> catch up with your equipment, which they eventually will if you work
at it.
> The MP is one of the top four or five rigs around. It is used by
many
> experienced DX operators, and is noted for excellent receive audio.
But like
> most modern and complex rigs, it has *many* complex operator
controls which
> will affect the sound of that audio. Two weeks is likely not enough
time for
> a new ham to learn to properly set it up and operate it. You might
enlist
> the help of an experienced ham to learn the functions of the many
controls
> at first, and do a LOT of reading.
>
> Secondly, while many tube radios (including the KWM-2A) are
excellent
> equipment, they can be somewhat difficult to get and keep working at
top
> performance without some level of troubleshooting and maintenance
expertise
> on high voltage tube equipment - which you probably lack at this
point in
> your ham career. Putting your fingers inside one of those radios in
the
> wrong place can get you killed. Modern low voltage equipment is much
safer
> for a beginner. Certain modes of operation such as CW, which I hope
you are
> trying to cultivate, can also be a frustrating exercise with many
older
> radios, particularly the Collins S-line and KWM-2 series, because
they were
> designed with SSB in mind.
>
> Welcome to ham radio, and have fun, but don't dive off the deep end
until
> you learn to dog paddle. In the long run, it will be more fun if you
learn
> it right! Good luck.
>
> 73, Jerry W5KP
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Anthony Sang" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 2:54 AM
> Subject: [Collins] Thanks for all the replies (PM-1)
>
>
> > Thankyou to all that replied to my question. My situation is, I am
a
> fairly
> > new Ham and after purchasing a FT-1000MP which I owned for 2 weeks
and
> being
> > totally not satisfied with the radio's receive audio and general
cheap
> > quality, I have decided to go back in time to get a radio which
(in it's
> > time was far more advance than any radio on the amateur or
commercial
> > market) which will suit my needs. I have got my eye on a KWM-2A at
this
> > moment and a PM-1 power supply.
> > Thanks again
> > Anthony Sang
> > vk2new.
> >
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