Wow, you've made my experience with my purchase of the 5000 so much better and easier that I send you a million thanks, for all your videos, keep up mentor Elmer process -73
Nice channel you have, I am learning a lot here! I have got a IC-7300 for base operation and a ft-891 and ft-817 for portable. When I got the ic-7300 I liked it a lot and I still do. But for some reason the yaesu's are just more fun. And better receivers... Like I said, learning a lot here, keep up the good work.
I believe the carrier point offset adjust does indeed effect TX audio as well it's effect on RX as it did/does on the ft-1000mkv. Have you tried monitoring your tx audio with another txcvr while adjusting +-200 offset? Nice video, tough to get across...sort of advanced user info...but good background provided. Kudos 👍
I confirmed with Yaesu that the carrier insertion point settings affect RX only. There is no need for TX adjustments, since the radio has parametric equalizers.
I have an FT-818 that has insertion point settings for both RX and TX but I leave all four settings at zero. Is there any reason you'd want to move the insertion points on TX? A Yaesu tech told me I might not want to mess with them much (or at all) because I could end up sounding distorted more than anything so they stay at zero.
With older radios that do not have the ability to EQ your TX and RX audio, adjusting the carrier insertion point can provide a primitive form of equalization. It isn’t actually boosting any frequency within the audio spectrum. It is de-emphasizing a range of frequencies using something similar to shelving or sloping. For example, if someone says your voice is sounding “muddy”, set to a positive insertion point value. If they say you sound high-pitched or “tinny”, adjust the carrier insertion point to a negative value. I tweaked the TX audio for my Yaesu FT-920 using the carrier insertion point method. I would set to +25 or 50 for rag-chew TX audio. The FT-920 provides a second insertion point for when the Processor is enabled. I would set it to +100, to further emphasize high frequencies in the audio spectrum, to aid with breaking a DX pileup. Note that there are insertion point settings for both LSB and USB mode. So you will not notice a difference in your USB audio if you are adjusting the LSB insertion point. The Yaesu FT-920 also allows me to adjust the carrier insertion point for receive. Think of it as presetting where the zero point of your IF Shift is. In other words, just like with the TX insertion point that emphasizes low frequencies or high frequencies on transmit, the RX insertion point can be adjusted to emphasize low frequencies or high frequencies on receive. If you are listening to someone who is sounding muddy, turn your shift control left or right to emphasize more high frequencies. Left or right depends upon whether you are using LSB or USB. Of everyone tends to sound muddy, adjust the RX carrier insertion point to a positive value, essentially presetting your IF Shift such that zero (12 O’clock) is already emphasizing high frequencies in the audio spectrum. With modern radios, like the FTdx10, you have 3-band equalization for both TX and RX, so you might not find that you need to adjust the carrier insertion point to affect the audio. I’m not aware of any distortion caused by tweaking the carrier insertion point up or down. I would just caution against going to one extreme or the other. 73, de N4HNH
Wow, you've made my experience with my purchase of the 5000 so much better and easier that I send you a million thanks, for all your videos, keep up mentor Elmer process -73
Thank you so much for letting me know. I believe that the 5000 is the greatest radio ever!
73, de N4HNH
Another great video Doug, info packed as usual, you’re a champ, cheers from Sam, 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
Nice channel you have, I am learning a lot here! I have got a IC-7300 for base operation and a ft-891 and ft-817 for portable. When I got the ic-7300 I liked it a lot and I still do. But for some reason the yaesu's are just more fun. And better receivers... Like I said, learning a lot here, keep up the good work.
Wicked video doug!!! Love it :) has helped alot yet again👍👍
Thanks Andy!
I believe the carrier point offset adjust does indeed effect TX audio as well it's effect on RX as it did/does on the ft-1000mkv. Have you tried monitoring your tx audio with another txcvr while adjusting +-200 offset? Nice video, tough to get across...sort of advanced user info...but good background provided. Kudos 👍
I confirmed with Yaesu that the carrier insertion point settings affect RX only. There is no need for TX adjustments, since the radio has parametric equalizers.
I have an FT-818 that has insertion point settings for both RX and TX but I leave all four settings at zero. Is there any reason you'd want to move the insertion points on TX? A Yaesu tech told me I might not want to mess with them much (or at all) because I could end up sounding distorted more than anything so they stay at zero.
With older radios that do not have the ability to EQ your TX and RX audio, adjusting the carrier insertion point can provide a primitive form of equalization. It isn’t actually boosting any frequency within the audio spectrum. It is de-emphasizing a range of frequencies using something similar to shelving or sloping.
For example, if someone says your voice is sounding “muddy”, set to a positive insertion point value. If they say you sound high-pitched or “tinny”, adjust the carrier insertion point to a negative value.
I tweaked the TX audio for my Yaesu FT-920 using the carrier insertion point method. I would set to +25 or 50 for rag-chew TX audio. The FT-920 provides a second insertion point for when the Processor is enabled. I would set it to +100, to further emphasize high frequencies in the audio spectrum, to aid with breaking a DX pileup.
Note that there are insertion point settings for both LSB and USB mode. So you will not notice a difference in your USB audio if you are adjusting the LSB insertion point.
The Yaesu FT-920 also allows me to adjust the carrier insertion point for receive. Think of it as presetting where the zero point of your IF Shift is. In other words, just like with the TX insertion point that emphasizes low frequencies or high frequencies on transmit, the RX insertion point can be adjusted to emphasize low frequencies or high frequencies on receive. If you are listening to someone who is sounding muddy, turn your shift control left or right to emphasize more high frequencies. Left or right depends upon whether you are using LSB or USB. Of everyone tends to sound muddy, adjust the RX carrier insertion point to a positive value, essentially presetting your IF Shift such that zero (12 O’clock) is already emphasizing high frequencies in the audio spectrum.
With modern radios, like the FTdx10, you have 3-band equalization for both TX and RX, so you might not find that you need to adjust the carrier insertion point to affect the audio.
I’m not aware of any distortion caused by tweaking the carrier insertion point up or down. I would just caution against going to one extreme or the other.
73, de N4HNH
@@n4hnhradio Thank you for the detailed explanation! I can hear everyone fine and I get good reports so I'll leave it all at the factory defaults.