AlphaFive
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Okay, here is a head scratcher specific to a 536. Since I have nothing better to do I will ask people to take up their valuable time reading this....
Until very recently I would complete ' custom searches' in the following manner; I would choose a specific band I wanted in a 10 Mhz. block i.e. 400 to 410 Mhz. I would set 4 custom searches using a 5.0 step, 6.25 step, 7.50 step, and a 8.33 step. A few days ago I was studying the N.T.I.A. spectrum chart, a light bulb went off.
If the proper band in the area of the spectrum begins at 399.9000, which it does, and I start a 6.25 step at 400.12345 (ridiculous number but it makes a point), would not the 536 begin a search at 400.12345 and go up from that point 6.25 steps?? Thereby missing what would legitimately exist going up from a 399.9000 starting point. Or would somehow magically the 536 jump from 400.12345 to the next proper 6.25 step from 399.9000? I do not see how that would occur.
To make things worse, I just glanced at the specs for the 536 in that particular band. The unit stops at 399.9875, and picks up again at 400, even though the N.T.I.A. chart is slightly different. Now I'm not asking about this particular band at all..... I am totally curious about the step settings and whether they begin from a point that you set yourself,and not what would be a specification setting?
By the way, I use different step settings just to see if something is hiding out there, I'm well aware of the authorized steps. It is good to be different.
Until very recently I would complete ' custom searches' in the following manner; I would choose a specific band I wanted in a 10 Mhz. block i.e. 400 to 410 Mhz. I would set 4 custom searches using a 5.0 step, 6.25 step, 7.50 step, and a 8.33 step. A few days ago I was studying the N.T.I.A. spectrum chart, a light bulb went off.
If the proper band in the area of the spectrum begins at 399.9000, which it does, and I start a 6.25 step at 400.12345 (ridiculous number but it makes a point), would not the 536 begin a search at 400.12345 and go up from that point 6.25 steps?? Thereby missing what would legitimately exist going up from a 399.9000 starting point. Or would somehow magically the 536 jump from 400.12345 to the next proper 6.25 step from 399.9000? I do not see how that would occur.
To make things worse, I just glanced at the specs for the 536 in that particular band. The unit stops at 399.9875, and picks up again at 400, even though the N.T.I.A. chart is slightly different. Now I'm not asking about this particular band at all..... I am totally curious about the step settings and whether they begin from a point that you set yourself,and not what would be a specification setting?
By the way, I use different step settings just to see if something is hiding out there, I'm well aware of the authorized steps. It is good to be different.
