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Alignment usually means setting up the oscillators so that the
frequency and wattage/modulation are correct. I believe the term comes from the good old days, when radios had paper or metal cards marked with the frequencies that had to be aligned mechanically with the dial markers. "Peaking and tuning" is not in itself a bad thing; there are a lot of ways to do it, and not all of them are correct. Even if you are bending the 4W carrier limit, you still want to make sure your modulation is correct, and that you are on frequency, because this will make your received signal stronger and clearer at any power level. I've seen hacks tune radios up to 100W carriers without setting the modulation correctly, resulting in a radio that transmits a very strong but nearly silent signal for miles and miles. The other possibility is that he's trying to get some extra bucks out of you. I know the guy at the local CB shop here, and he aligns rigs for free if you buy them from him. |
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