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doorman
| | Posted on Monday, January 12, 2004 - 9:53 pm: | 
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i have one of these radios, and everything seems to work great, except for fm. people on the other end says they see the carrier with no audio. i had a cw-1 variable power installed. all other modes work fine. any ideas. tia |
Cm3885
| | Posted on Monday, January 12, 2004 - 11:52 pm: |
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FM out of tune??? I have one too but mines the 100 watter. love it on SSB and AM FM never really used till the other day and it worked ok to me! |
doorman
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2004 - 12:04 am: |
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yeah mine is the 100 watter too. on my end it looks like it's transmitting fm. on the recieve end, you see the carrier but no audio. i thought about sending it to rf limited and they no longer do any service work
doorman |
Ca346
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2004 - 12:11 pm: |
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I'm in the club also. I have the 100 watt model. I have tested the AM, but I only really use it for SSB in a mobil installation, but as far as I know it all works fine. |
Cm3885
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2004 - 1:30 pm: |
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I do have a question for you guys. Are your 3500s really noisy on AM on receive like mine is? I know there is a mod out there that you can quiet the receiver without hurting the receive sensitivity. |
Ca346
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2004 - 4:18 pm: |
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Mine is pretty noisy. But isn't that the nature of the beast? But like I said, I don't really use AM or FM at all. |
Doorman
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2004 - 7:47 pm: |
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i love my ar-3500. i use it mostly ssb, and am occasionly. i added the frequency scan mic (sm-2) and a variable power (cw-2). some of the locals around here use fm and mine doesn't work. 10 years ago the local repair men wouldn't touch it when i bought it DOA. So, i sent it to rf limited and they did an awesome job with it. from the looks of the work sheet it was a basket case. anyway just wondering if anyone had any problems with fm audio not working. everything else works great.
73's
doorman |
Doorman
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2004 - 7:51 pm: |
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oh yeah, the noise on am is like every other rig. a lot of overmodulated radios that bleed four states away. lol.. i'm thinking of installing the "channel guard" in mine. 4 wire hook up and from what i read about it, it sounds like it should clean up the bleed over.
have a good one,
doorman |
Doorman
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2004 - 7:54 pm: |
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wow, i can't stay away.
if i replaced the radio, i would go for the magnum 357. it's a whole lot smaller version. i found the 357 for $339.95 plus shipping.
73's again,
doorman |
Cm3885
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 14, 2004 - 12:26 am: |
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Im interested in that channel guard. Might clear up my receive a bit. I think a lot of my problems are cause by bleed from truckers on a nearby interstate highway. I use AM as much if not more than SSB.. |
Bruce
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 14, 2004 - 4:44 am: |
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3885
the channelguard will drop bleedover about 5 S units at 3 or more channles away from the interfering station. I have run them in a number of radios including my grantLT and measured the diffrence with a good geneator.
If the interfering station is running a trashed out station it will still help but not as much follow instructions you can do it your self. |
Cm3885
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 14, 2004 - 1:07 pm: |
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Who sells them? I think it might be a good investment. |
