New Firmware AM & FM Issues

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New Firmware AM & FM Issues

john petters
Hi Folks,
A couple of observations on the new Firmware.
AM
1 Before the new Firmware, the AM carrier would not go above 5 watts.
Now full power gives a carrier powe of 12 watts, which immediately falls
to 5 watts - as it should. Once this has happened, subsequent
transmissions remain at 5 watts carrier.

2 G0HNW reported that on tuning a very strong AM signal (ie Medium wave
broadcast) produced a beat note - like the BFO is on in SSB mode. I can
confirm I have this effect also.

FM
I tried this on 80M yesterday and had reports of low audio / deviation.
I can't verify the deviation because I can't measure it. The audio level
in the monitor is very low. This is with full mic gain and the mic set
to high gain.
It would be useful to be able to use the compressor in the FM mode.

Hope this helps.
73
John G3YPZ
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