I just finished a two-way radio installation on a 2010 Ford F-350.
(I love drilling holes in brand spanking new vehicles )
Took me an hour longer than usual because my wattmeter crapped out.
I was programming and bench testing the radio but it was showing only milliwatts of output.
I was freaking out because I promised the guy I'd have it done today, then I thought the PA deck in the radio was NFG and I don't have another UHF Trunking radio in stock to give him.
Just for shits and giggles, I hooked up a VHF radio which I know for sure works and the wattmeter still showed no output.
I tried again with a 6 meter radio and again it showed nothing, so I determined that the wattmeter must be toast.
I rechecked the UHF unit the Mickey Mouse way by measuring field strength with a freq counter and it looked fine, so I did the install and it all seems to be OK.
That's the first time I've even heard of a Bird 43 going bad.
(I love drilling holes in brand spanking new vehicles )
Took me an hour longer than usual because my wattmeter crapped out.
I was programming and bench testing the radio but it was showing only milliwatts of output.
I was freaking out because I promised the guy I'd have it done today, then I thought the PA deck in the radio was NFG and I don't have another UHF Trunking radio in stock to give him.
Just for shits and giggles, I hooked up a VHF radio which I know for sure works and the wattmeter still showed no output.
I tried again with a 6 meter radio and again it showed nothing, so I determined that the wattmeter must be toast.
I rechecked the UHF unit the Mickey Mouse way by measuring field strength with a freq counter and it looked fine, so I did the install and it all seems to be OK.
That's the first time I've even heard of a Bird 43 going bad.