Remove the power supply protection diode. As noted in this page
http://solorb.com/elect/hamcirc/rockmite20/index.html
the diode pulls about a volt of avaliable supply voltage as soon as the current gets in the box.
Look into eventually replacing the diode with a different diode placed in reverse to ground as shown in the above link:
datasheets attached below
Remove the power supply protection diode. As noted in this page http://solorb.com/elect/hamcirc/rockmite20/index.html the diode pulls about a volt of avaliable supply voltage as soon as the current gets in the box. Look into eventually replacing the diode with a different diode placed in reverse to ground as shown in the above link:
datasheets attached below
1N4001-D.PDF 6a05-6a10-25734.pdf