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I hate to say it but there sure is a bunch of ignorance here concerning VHF antennas
"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 Skip -- Morgan 461 #2 SV Flying Pig KI4MPC See our galleries at www.justpickone.org/skip/gallery ! Follow us at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheFlyingPigLog and/or http://groups.google.com/group/flyingpiglog "You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it however." (and) "There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hand (Richard Bach) |
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