Club Torque Spring 2021

Squelch: (Not the noise made by boots in mud.) A circuit that suppresses the output of a radio receiver if the signal strength falls below a certain level. All UHF CB radios have a squelch system built in and in many it is adjustable. If you are annoyed by other users breaking into your peace and quiet trying to be clever by inserting as many “f” words as they can, find your instruction manual and see if you can fine tune your squelch to only hear those near and dear to you. It is usually part of your volume control. By pushing it in and turning there will be a graph on the screen telling you where you are. Selcall : I have noticed a few radios fitted with a system which sends a set of four tones each time the talk button is pressed. These radios are like this because they are designed to work with a group of similarly equipped radios which turn on only when they hear this code. If your radio has this be aware as it can cut off the first couple of words. Or work out how to turn it off.

Two-way, a teriffic and legal way to keep in touch safely on your run

Next Quarter i’ll show a few pictures of some typical installations. Want to contribute? Please send copy and photo’s to cwyatt@ bigpond.com or upload to dropbox and email the details.

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