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Yes, directly sweeping the preselector with a spectrum analyzer is how the service manual describes this adjustment. It will give you the rated bandwidth this way.
If you only have one receive frequency then inject that at the receive port with the service monitor to tune for maximum sensitivity. Works just fine.
If you only have one receive frequency then inject that at the receive port with the service monitor to tune for maximum sensitivity. Works just fine.
Would this include the transmitting side or is it just a receiving issue? I originally was planning to use it for GMRS and as that wasn’t working, I’ll put it back on 450 it did way better. I didn’t test how far it would transmit on 450.
Well you could do a full alignment on the thing if you are really anal. But really nothing else should change by moving it from 450 to 460. Maybe just check that it will put out rated power on the transmit. It should and then set it to your liking. The only other thing I would check is TX and RX frequency error and touch that up if it seems too far off.
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