[ICOM] Icom T8A audio question

[John Geiger]

Hi Gary,

Yes the T8A has wide FM.  The radio also sounds kind
of tinny on the local repeater also.

73s John NE0P

--- Gary Fiber <g.fiber at verizon.net> wrote:

> John,
> 
> I don't remember the T8A having a wide FM mode. Yes
> it has wide receive 
> tuning capability,  but actually shifting from a 15
> kHz filter Narrow band 
> FM filter to a wider filter for a Broadcast FM
> station I don't think it can 
> do that. Its been a few years since I supported the
> T8A so i could be mistaken.
> 
> So if you are listening to broadcast FM through a 15
> kHz filter it will not 
> work well as the deviation of a broadcast FM station
> is + - 75 kHz. Seems 
> to me the T81A did have a wider filter for receiving
> Broadcast FM but I am 
> not sure of that either.
> 
> Gary K8IZ
> 
> At 09:59 AM 9/2/2004, you wrote:
> >I recently picked up an Icom T8A triband HT in mint
> >condition.  Really like this unit because of the
> wide
> >receive.  Wish I had an earlier T81A that I could
> mod
> >for wide receive off the keyboard.  Also, the T8A
> is a
> >little easier to use, since it doesn't have the
> >joystick.
> >
> >Anyway, I thought that the audio sounded pretty
> >"tinny" coming out of the speaker on the T8A.  I
> >especially noticed this on the classical music FM
> >station.  It didn't sound near as good as the audio
> on
> >my T81A.  I called Icom and they thought that it
> might
> >be the voice coil in the speaker going bad, or that
> it
> >got some metal shavings into it.  When I hooked up
> a
> >speaker mic the audio sounded much better.
> >
> >I sent the T8A off to Scott at MTS for a speaker
> >replacement.  He just got done checking it out, and
> >said that the speaker looks ok.  It's just that the
> >T8A doesnt' have the greatest speaker.  I had had 2
> >T8As in the past, and thought that the audio was
> >better than what I am getting, but then again,
> >anything past yesterday evening gets hazy memory
> wise!
> >
> >So what is the audio like on your T8A?  And how
> does
> >it compare to a T81A if you have both.  I have
> found
> >my T81A to be much better.  I do trust Scott at
> MTS,
> >just wondering if maybe I got an early unit and
> they
> >replaced the speaker with something better in later
> >units, or maybe my memory is really going.
> >
> >73s JOhn NE0P
> 
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