"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message
anews.com...
For transmitting you need a good coax cable with clean tight fittings. You
need the shielding on the outside so the signal goes all the way to the
antenna and out the top (the antenna itself) and not bleeding out the
sides of the cable.

For receiving you don't need coax at all. You could stick a freaking coat
hanger into the center part of the connecter at the radio and receive just
fine. If you aren't receiving well it's because your receiver is on the
fritz or going on the fritz. Fiddling around with your coax or antenna is
a waste of time.

I hope this helps because I'm through wasting my time with a bunch of rank
radio newbs who won't freaking listen to reason.

Wilbur Hubbard


Heh. Sorry Wilbur, but you haven't been following the thread.

My unit wouldn't receive worth a damn - until I hooked it to a good antenna
and feed.

My last showed that even a lousy position, so long as I had a good feed, was
fine for reception and transmission. Had me going for a bit on the radio,
but it's fine. The antenna works, with just a pigtail. Nothing left but the
cable...

L8R

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