echo

Mississippifrog · #21388

I was wondering what purpose echo serves on a radio,besides the obvious.Does it help with modulation?I've noticed some folks with echo on there radios don't even use it.I run a little in mine but try to keep a clean sound.I hate it when people sound jumbled up because of to much echo.

Phaze91460 · #21405

Well, I think its a personal taste as to weather or not you like it. Yup, some ppl dont know how to make it sound good and over do it makin um sound like krap. In pro audio, its good to tune in a little reverb, echo, and depending on what the room acustics are we throw in a few more. Not to really distort the voice but to fill it out a little. I personally like the sound of a good echo board that is tuned right.

SmallTruckBigRadio · #21415

Mississippifrog,

A couple of my talking buddies and I have experimented with both talkback and echo. We also dislike the jumbled sound, but we have found that having echo set at near the 5-10% level seems to fill out the audio sound a little. (slightly bigger sound)
For our radios, one is a Galaxy 66, the other is a Magnum S9, and mine is a SWP General Lee; having echo set so low that the person on the receiving end, may or may not even notice any echo, does seem to be an improvement.
You can't see it on the meter, it doesn't really get out any further, but it just sounds a little bigger, and can make a weak signal just a little easier to hear. It sounds a little like someone talking on a stage, moving a microphone from 4 inches away to 2 inches away.
Also having talkback as loud as it can go, without feedback, with a good external speaker , especially in a soft interior (carpet, cloth seats) seems to add a little to the fullness of the audio too.

And if you need directions on ch 19, for some reason, the slightly jumbled sound seems to get more responses...we call that "trucker mode"

Edited in, moments later....
Phaze fired in while I was typing, and he said it better. Now what do I do?

jcollins · #21435

its good if ya want to aggravate someone
not that i would do something like that lol
jon

Falkon MX-5 · #21445

oh yes, I have never in my life turned the echo all the what up and yelled "WHAT!" into the mic and held it down.

RabidRobert · #21453

When I get around a bunch of folks acting up with their echo, I gotta join in! I'm usually the one hollerin "HELP!!! IVE FALLEN IN A HOLE & CANT GET OUT!!!" over & over with echo time wide open and key held down!! It usually gets a response of "BURY HIM QUICK!!"
:88-tease:

Mississippifrog · #21469

Thanks for the replies guys.I like the BIG sound that the right amount of echo gives.Its just too much can make it hard to understand some people.
And i would NEVER!! get on channel 19 and scream"IS THIS TO MUCH ECHO" with the echo turned up and the mic keyed till the meter stops moving......................

BobOstro61 · #21473

That's the one thing that I don't like about the Galaxy 95T that I got. If you want to adjust the echo you have to open up the radio and adjust it on the inside. There's no knobs on the outside of the radio to adjust it. So If I want to get into an echo battle, I can't. I have to switch to the General Lee. That radio's echo kicks.

Mississippifrog · #21478

BobOstro61 wrote:That's the one thing that I don't like about the Galaxy 95T that I got. If you want to adjust the echo you have to open up the radio and adjust it on the inside. There's no knobs on the outside of the radio to adjust it. So If I want to get into an echo battle, I can't. I have to switch to the General Lee. That radio's echo kicks.

Dang that sux bob.I've never seen a 95T up close but i just figured it had the echo knob on the front like my DX66V.

So does this mean with the RA stickers that you cant adjust the echo?

Phaze91460 · #21479

I was just thinkin that myself. Did he drill a hole or sumptin so you could do an adjust ?

BobOstro61 · #21488

I didn't notice. I didn't even think about the warranty being void if I adjust the echo. Hmmm.... Mr.RadioActive? What do you think?

SmallTruckBigRadio · #21492

BobOstro61 wrote:That's the one thing that I don't like about the Galaxy 95T that I got. If you want to adjust the echo you have to open up the radio and adjust it on the inside. There's no knobs on the outside of the radio to adjust it. So If I want to get into an echo battle, I can't. I have to switch to the General Lee. That radio's echo kicks.

Sounds to me, like the 95T was designed to reduce echo battles!

Phaze91460 · #21495

I think it just had too much stuff and not enough room.

jcollins · #21726

the other thing i don't like about the 95t
is it don't have a rf gain it has a stupid 40 db pad
it reduces the receive to much it should have been
a 20 db pad. there is a mod for that but
im not taking the cover off.
jon :Peace!:

Phaze91460 · #21749

I dont know, I have the gain on the 4600 but ............. well, there really is only one posistion and thats WIDE OPEN THROTTLE !!!

BobOstro61 · #21777

True enough Phaze91640. My General Lee has the RF gain knob as well and 99.9% of the time its all the way up.

Mississippifrog · #21793

Phaze91460 wrote:I dont know, I have the gain on the 4600 but ............. well, there really is only one posistion and thats WIDE OPEN THROTTLE !!!

Yeah my DX66V has the RF gain as well but i too keep it all the way up.I'm using the 66 as a base with a ground plain so i need all the ears i can get.If i had a big set of beams than i might need to turn it down some.

Working Cowboy · #21800

I am not being a jerk guys but I was very interested in the answer to this question did anyone ever come up with it.

Working Cowboy · #25371

bump the answer please anyone

Guest · #25372

it is just a toy like a roger beep some like to use it some dont

Working Cowboy · #25373

OKy dokey thank you sir.

SmallTruckBigRadio · #25391

SmallTruckBigRadio wrote:Mississippifrog,

we have found that having echo set at near the 5-10% level seems to fill out the audio sound a little. (slightly bigger sound)

For our radios, one is a Galaxy 66, the other is a Magnum S9, and mine is a SWP General Lee; having echo set so low that the person on the receiving end, may or may not even notice any echo, does seem to be an improvement.

You can't see it on the meter, it doesn't really get out any further, but it just sounds a little bigger, and can make a weak signal just a little easier to hear. It sounds a little like someone talking on a stage, moving a microphone from 4 inches away to 2 inches away.

And if you need directions on ch 19, for some reason, the slightly jumbled sound seems to get more responses...we call that "trucker mode"

I thought that guy, quoted, covered it? It's just that he gets so long winded it's hard to find the info! :Peace!:

SmallTruckBigRadio · #25392

Phaze91460 wrote:Well, I think its a personal taste as to weather or not you like it. Yup, some ppl dont know how to make it sound good and over do it makin um sound like krap. In pro audio, its good to tune in a little reverb, echo, and depending on what the room acustics are we throw in a few more. Not to really distort the voice but to fill it out a little. I personally like the sound of a good echo board that is tuned right.

That guy, quoted, did a good job of it too, it's just the guy after him got so long winded that it would be easy to forget what the "straight to the point" guy said.

Maybe I shouldn't have taken typing in high school, my answers would be shorter then... :Peace!:

Working Cowboy · #25418

Now that I re read it I think your right bud......

Thanks small truck

Guest · #25431

I like having echo on my radios , I dont crank it up I just open it a little to make the audio sound a little better

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