"cmdr buzz corey" wrote...
On Aug 25, 7:41 am, "vince" wrote:

No one has actually reviewed it or said they have fitted
it - they only describe how well the package was wrapped
or if it arrived. Show me one person that has fitted the
unit and aligned it correctly using test equipment, then show
the displays on a spectrum analyser and I would like to
see the FM deviation display.

That is far beyond any cber's ability. IF they can get it
installed they will crank everything up to the max to make
sure they get all the "swang" on the meter they can and
splatter across all channels.

There's no swang with FM CB. No swang, no "talk power", no
bandwidth for speech processors... and no point to having one.

FM has a constant carrier level. You cannot see the deviation
on a scope, and very few people here have deviation meters.
That includes CB shops, so there is very little chance that
they will be correctly set to the legal maximum deviation.

With just 10KHz spacing, FM CB is extremely open to distortion
and splatter problems.
Those who do not totally distort or splatter, may well do so on
their peaks. The odd short farting noise may not be a problem,
but what if they are set to a constant max?
Obviously, they will then constantly distort and take out other
channels.

The UK has been there, seen it... and we have the T-shirts
to prove it.

I will not argue with those who whimper on about
"talk power" on AM and SSB, but FM simply does
not work by "talk power".
With FM, getting your voice heard over distance
is NOT done by increasing audio. That just distorts
and splatters.

There is a solution, and it does not use processing or
expensive circuits. I have often used the method to
great effect, at a cost of pennies.
I wonder if the Griff man can educate the group on
this method.
Ah, but wait, if Brian tells us how to do this for pennies,
how will he sell his FM splatter box to people in the UK?


Regards,
Peter.