02-07-2010, 11:27 PM
Very interesting discussion. Seems the sound I'm hearing is typical of the "power detectors".
It is subtle enough that my wife doesn't notice it... but my "daily driver" here is a big Sparton
console with variable IF bandwidth, so most of the other radios suffer in the comparison.
As far as voltage readings go, I seem to recall reading somewhere that you can put a resistor
of 1K or so in parallel with the probes on a DMM or VTVM and get very close to the readings of
the early VOMs. Have any of you tried that?
Nelson
It is subtle enough that my wife doesn't notice it... but my "daily driver" here is a big Sparton
console with variable IF bandwidth, so most of the other radios suffer in the comparison.
As far as voltage readings go, I seem to recall reading somewhere that you can put a resistor
of 1K or so in parallel with the probes on a DMM or VTVM and get very close to the readings of
the early VOMs. Have any of you tried that?
Nelson
