On Tuesday 26 March 2002 11:58 pm, you wrote:
> Don't remember the radio in question,
>
> > but in certain areas around the airport the radio didn't work at
> > all. It
>
> was> a complete mystery - untill my radio-guru came to think that
> the problems> might have to do with the length of the coax. He
> called it something - which> I of coarse don't remember (getting
> old!!), but he unplugged the coax and> fitted a few feet extra
> cable to it - and voila, no more radio problems! TX> and RX has
> been working perfectly ever since.>
Sounds to me like a Standing Wave Ratio issue ! Checking with a
suitable SWR meter should stop the signal literally bouncing back
on itself and causing said loss of radiated power ...
Build good - Bryan
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