"Flying Pig" wrote in message
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"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...



For NOW. But, did I not state that it is a condition that becomes
progressively worse? Or did you forget you read it? But, suit yourself.
Remember when it goes out completely when needed the most way down island
that I TOLD YOU SO.

Wilbur Hubbard