How do I make my radio sound clear and clean
That is the question most want to know and the answer is simple..
TURN IT DOWN!! You have the controls on the radio that can make you sound great or make you sound like crap and most don't use them.
I know if the know is not all the way to the right then something is wrong right?? Wrong.. Setting the microphone gain all the way up for the most part makes you sound like crap when you are close to someone. If people are having to turn there volume down to understand you then you are just too loud.
Ideally you want to be clear and to do that you you don't want to be over modulated. Most of you have a radio that the limiter has been disabled so the radio is wide open and it sure sounds like it. Now I know some of you have a radio that you can get away with running the mic gain all the way open but it is not necessary and all you are doing is to generate more noise on the channel you are trying to talk on.
If you would take all the radios that are over modulated and turn them down you would find the noise level would drop about half. Now if that were to happen you would be able to talk further and hear a lot further, wouldn't that be something.. You see what happens is that when your voice on AM runs out you still have some carrier going on and that in itself multiplied by X number of drivers generate half of the noise you all hate. Look at it like this, if you have a hot rod with a supped up motor you don't run it wide open all the time. No you don't but it sure is nice to have the power if you need it all you have to do is to turn it up a little when you need it and when you don't turn it down. If everyone would try this you would see a difference. I build custom radio and I do increase the power and the audio in them but I try to tell people to run them as low as you can to still be heard. Along time ago I sold President George 10 meter, this was the cleanest sounding radio I have ever heard and you just could not make it sound bad. Well this is what I ran into.. I don't like this radio.. My reply was why.. The answer people tell me it doesn't sound like a Galaxy.. My reply are you talking as far as you want to and most of the time the answer was yes but it just is not loud.. My reply so people are having a hard time hearing you then.. The answer No but it does not sound like a Galaxy..
You see where I am going the radio got the distance and was clear and clean but it did not sound lake a Galaxy.. Over modulated and splattering all over the place. So I am sad to say the radio did not go over well here in the states but it should have been a big hit if people understood that it was the way they should sound.
I may catch some heat for this but it is the way things should be and if we started working on it now we just might make a difference in the air waves.
OBTW When you are at a Truck Stop you don't need to run 500 watts to talk 2 rows back..
OK, I'm ready for the lynching..
Until next time drive safe..
cb_repairman
How do I make my radio sound clear and clean 
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