When setting the power level on a maxtrac, do you set for the power level at your intended frequency of operation or do you do it at the test frequency that's in the software and live with what you get at your freq?
My example- Installing a 40w VHF 146-174 Maxtrac in the car for mobile operation, not repeater duty. If I set the output power into a dummy load at the test frequency in the software (I think it's @159 meg)to 40 watts, I get 19w at 146.000 & 22w @ 147.000. I don't want to blow up the finals, but it would be nice to eek a little more out of it in the ham band. I would much rather use the maxtrac instead of the 50w Icom Ham rig, its audio is so much better & I dont have the eternal alternator whine that the Icom just needs to have to be happy (Thats a different story all together). Thanks! Tom W9SRV
