Nice job!!
one of the better videos on it.
I just got done watching it .. I gave you a thumbs up
Couple things the reason the auto squelch didn't turn on was because you had it on side band. Auto Squelch is for AM/FM
on Many CB"s you turn on ANL and that will allow you to turn on NB .... Some CB"s if you push ANL then push it again you get NB. so by pressing that button you can get ANL NB both on... or one or the other.
you should have ANL and NB turned on.... it won't hurt to leave them on and they may help.
I would suggest you leave the High Cut on... again it can't hurt... and may help.. I turn it way up high.
The clarifier should just be set for receive ... Today's CB's are dead on frequencies so new CB's transmit perfectly... if you have it on transmit and receive and you might bump the knob or not have it turned straight up....and now your off frequency for everyone in the world...... having it on receive only... if someone sounds like micky mouse ( they may have an old CB that is off frequency. ) you can then tune them in with the Clarifier.... but having it on RX ...AND TX.... then every time you adjust the clarifier you are getting your CB off frequency.
the reason the sound didn't change when you were showing the clarifier was,.... the voice you we're hearing was on AM ..not on LSB .
Channel 6 is a terrible channel to show people as everyone on it has a massive high powered amp.. so you can't talk to any of them ( Unless you get a 1000 watt amp too ) but they will bleed through onto LSB USB and FM... and will over power your squelch.
it's a CB curtesy that SSB is only used from channel 35 to 40 .... as most people don't have SSB.. .. seeing so few people have SSB that most of the 40 channels are left on just AM ... and only 35-40 used for SSB ...when you use SSB it over powers the AM or FM channel making it so people with AM only radios can't use whatever channel you're talking to on SSB
Channel 37 and 38 LSB are for trying to make long distance contacts... so showing either of those channels on the video and calling out this is Hack-A-week 844 in The Appalachian Mountains anyone have a copy???... I bet you would have gotten someone to reply to you.
make sure you set the RFG back to as high as it goes so it will receive even weak signals from far away.... use the Squelch to get rid of the static.
with AI NR and NR on Transmit ... it will not allow you to whistle.... it cuts out the "weird back ground noise surrounding you" so if your not in a noisy area you don't need to have NR tX on......... a whistle is not a voice, so I bet NR TX killed the whistle..... so that may be why the watt meter didn't go up
I run my NR on receive only .... my shop and my pick-up truck both are VERY quiet... if it was a very noisy garage or I had a diesel engine purring away I might turn on NR Transmit to on.
PLEASE don't take this as a complaint or a knock.. it's not
REALLY it's not.... just trying to be helpful... many people don't know some of those things so it's always nice to put it out there for the newer people..... it was really a great video!
that really looks easy to use... did you have to modify it by doing something?
"HF" stands for high frequency. This refers to the radio's main operating band When the radio is set to "HF" mode, it makes you tune in the frequency.... VS changing channels ..... so if you wanted 26.965 in HF... you would have to turn the knob until you got to 26.965... in CB mode you can just turn it to channel 01
BR is the Brazil band
I thought the Squelch and volume on the same knob would be a pain... but it looks pretty simple one press for volume two presses for Squelch
again.. GREAT JOB, you really showed everything on it!!! that was extremely helpful... best video on it!!!
thanks for doing that... you sold me on it!
