Legal Radio with variable output power?

[Fat Rat]

Does such a beast exist?

[simon007]

Only the older radios with 4w and .4w I think.

Most new ones are just 4w these days, Inteks can be modded for more power but not for less

So maybe old school radios unless some handhelds like Alan 42 or Intek H520 have hi/lo

[Fat Rat]

I want to run an Amplifier and my current Radio appears to peak at 8W and this will do the Amp no favours. I was trying to avoid having to buy an Attenuator

[Dragonfly]

What radio is it .

[Fat Rat]

What radio is it .

It's a Maycom EM-27 (I have two of them)

[Eviltwin]

If its been tweeked for more power, chances are it can be de-tweeked back to the standard 4w

[Fat Rat]

If its been tweeked for more power, chances are it can be de-tweeked back to the standard 4w

I didn't really want to get involved in playing with pots

[Dragonfly]

Well if u have 2 of these u could turn one down to 5 wats for use with small burners .

Pic from me old scribble pad .
Maycom EM 27 / Radioshack 1018 / President Harrison

[Fat Rat]

If its been tweeked for more power, chances are it can be de-tweeked back to the standard 4w

I didn't really want to get involved in playing with pots

Well it just goes to show I shouldn't be so lazy, a quick search on Google brought this up



Sure enough, VR1 was opened up to the max (do people still tweak Radio's to the max?) I now have it back down to 4W. Thanks for the inspiration

[Eviltwin]

Can anyone recommend these Maycom's? they seem fairly well specified, for a reasonable price...

Is it right they only tx on FM and no AM?

[simon007]

Indeed the Maycom / President Harrison / Stabo / Radioshack and the same radio under different names is FM from the Box

http://www.radiomods.co.nz/presidentharrisonmods.html

This shows AM also, but mine only ever tx on FM even when modified