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AFFECT THE APPARENT AUDIO QUALITY.  SIMPLEX CONTACTS REPORTED FINE AUDIO
QUALITY AS WELL.  I AM MOST INTERESTED IN WHAT COMES OUT OF THE RADIOS
LOUDSPEAKER, AND THE TH K20A DIDNT DISAPPOINT.  THERE WAS PLENTY OF AUDIO
OUTPUT WITH SOME DISTORTION AT THE HIGHEST VOLUMES.  THE LAB MEASURED A
HEALTHY MAXIMUM 515 MW OF AUDIO OUTPUT AT 10 DISTORTION.  ONE OF THE
AUXILIARY FUNCTIONS I PARTICULARLY LIKED WAS THE PROGRAMMABLE VFO.  THE
OPERATOR CAN LIMIT THE OPERATING FREQUENCIES WITHIN A CERTAIN RANGE BY
PROGRAMMING THE UPPER AND LOWER LIMITS.  THIS LIMITS THE RADIOS OPERATION
TO THE FREQUENCIES THE OPERATOR IS REALLY INTERESTED IN, AND AVOIDS
SUPERFLUOUS FREQUENCY RANGES THAT CAN REDUCE OPERATING EFFICIENCY.  LAB
TESTS IN THE LAB, THE TH K20A GETS HIGH MARKS FOR RECEIVER SENSITIVITY,
DYNAMIC RANGE, ADJACENT CHANNEL REJECTION AND IF REJECTION.  IN OTHER
WORDS, THE RADIO HEARS WELL AND PERFORMS WELL IN THE PRESENCE OF UNWANTED
STRONG SIGNALS.  THE TRANSMITTER SLIGHTLY EXCEEDED ITS HIGH POWER SPECIFI
CATION AND EASILY MET FCC SPECTRAL PURITY REQUIREMENTS.  SOFTWARE KENWOODS
MCP 5A MEMORY CONTROL PROGRAM FIGURE 2 CAN BE USED WITH THE TH K20A AND AN
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