[MRCA] Re: PRC-10 low audio level?

[Gene Smar]

Gents:

     Never mind.  I used two other H-33 handsets on the PRC-10's and these
other handsets gave adequate volume.  I can now hear the hissing from the
handset when it's a couple of feet away.  I suppose I need to dig into the
original handset to look for a high-resistance connection or something.

CU in September.  (Wasn't that a song?)

73 de
Gene Smar  AD3F

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene Smar" <ersmar at comcast.net>
To: <mrca at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 12:07 AM
Subject: PRC-10 low audio level?


> Gents:
>
>      I just got two PRC-10s connected to batteies this evening and they
both
> seem to work.  However, the audio volume in the H-33 handset is very weak
> when I listen on either rig to a PRT-4 in the same room, even with
the -10's
> voume at max and squelch off.  Even the signaling tone from the -4 is
barely
> audible with the handset a foot or two from my ear.
>
>      I can't imagine that that is the proper volume level for a
battlefield
> radio.  I have the AM-598/U amp for these babies and I expect that volume
> from it would be sufficient to drive an outboard speaker.  But the low
level
> in the handset bothers me.
>
>      Can anyone out there tell me if I should be able to monitor the
channel
> on the PRC-10 with the handset hanging off my vest, away from my ear, or
is
> it normal to have to have the handset at my ear to hear it?  I have
another
> handset to try, but just wanted you folks to set my expectations a bit
> before I go tearing into the audio circuits.  If this is an audio chain
> problem, has anyone run into this before and solved it?  Thanks.
>
> 73 de
> Gene Smar  AD3F
>