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President Adams FCC low modulation

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So this morning I just received my new president Adams FCC married to a brand new “lil wil” antenna. All seems fine except when I tested the audio and compared it with my uniden pro505XL. The president appears to have an abnormally low modulation level compared to a radio half the price. I included a video and the sequence is as follows:

1st part: TX: Uniden 505, RX: Adams
2nd part: TX: Adams, RX: Uniden 505
3rd part: Farpoint farms test of his President Adams

please excuse the subpar video as it is the best I can do with my editing skills(none)RPReplay_Final1621705649.mov
 
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Send it back. If you bought it from Amazon they have a very liberal return policy. You can get a refund or exchange.
 
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Binger511 said:
So this morning I just received my new president Adams FCC married to a brand new “lil wil” antenna. All seems fine except when I tested the audio and compared it with my uniden pro505XL. The president appears to have an abnormally low modulation level compared to a radio half the price. I included a video and the sequence is as follows:

1st part: TX: Uniden 505, RX: Adams
2nd part: TX: Adams, RX: Uniden 505
3rd part: Farpoint farms test of his President Adams

please excuse the subpar video as it is the best I can do with my editing skills(none)RPReplay_Final1621705649.mov
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Didn't sound too bad to me. My Andy2's modulation is about 80%, which is sufficient. Everyone with one of the President FCC models seems to get great audio reports back. I suppose it is *possible* you got a bad one, in which case, exchage it and see. But from what I heard, it sounds about right.
 
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Aaaand I’m pleased to report that after changing the microphone type from dynamic to “electret”, my new President Adams sounds as good as gold!
 
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Binger511 said:
The president appears to have an abnormally low modulation level compared to a radio half the price.
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I've noticed that CBs in general made in the past twenty years or so seem to have lower modulation than older CBs that I've had...
 
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