I noticed earlier today that my forward power when transmitting on SSB was significantly lower with Preview 8 than with Preview 7.
As a test, I ran Preview 7 and tested the RF watts out when I had voice peaks of 0 on the ALC meter. The SDR Forward Power meter showed peaks in the 90 watt range. This was verified on my watt meter as well. I deleted the database from preview 8 and restarted the application. I imported Preview 7's database with out any problems. I verified that the TX settings were the same between the two versions. When testing with Preview 8, the RF power out only registered about 30-40 watts with the exact same ALC values (peaking on 0). My watt meter also showed about a 50% decrease in power. I took great care to keep all the variables the same between the two test cases. I decided to violate Fett's Law so I shut down the radio and did some work that pays the bills and came back later to repeat my experiment. I got the same results. Would there have been an change in the TX audio chain that would have be responsible for this reduction in output power? -Tim --- Tim Ellison <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Integrated Technical Services <http://www.itsco.com/> Apex, NC USA 919.674.0044 Ext. 25 / 919.674.0045 (FAX) 919.215.6375 - cell >>> PGP public key available at all public KeyServers <<<
