Astro Saber UHF low power output

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Jocko
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Astro Saber UHF low power output

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I have an Astro Saber SDH radio and I measured the power output with a service monitor as 3.75 Watts. Does this sound correct? Why would it be so low? Thank you.

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wavetar
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Post by wavetar »

What frequency band is the unit? If it's 800MHz, then you're actually putting out .75 watts higher than you should. If it's UHF, then that's slightly under the rated 4 watts, but that could easily be attributed to cable & connector loss in your set-up. If VHF, then you're definitely a little underpowered compared to the rated 5 watts. Do other radios usually measure their rated power with your set-up? I'm assuming they must if you're questioning this particular result. If so, it likely just needs a simple alignment with the RSS.

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Post by d119 »

Last I checked, an SDH radio was 450-520MHz UHF.
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