REFLECTOR: Radio weak and scratchy

[Rene Dugas]

Brett,
Good idea.  I'll check.
  I don't know how to use an antennae meter but I'm trainable.  Is there
some other way to check?  Could I connect my handheld to the wing antennae
or will it explode(kidding).  Will the hairs on my arm stand up if I stand
close to the wing while transmitting.  Just probing.  Not my area of
expertise.  I'm a good crimper though.  What does SWR stand for?
Rene'

-----Original Message-----
From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of Brett Ferrell
Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 7:41 AM
To: reflector
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Radio weak and scratchy

Rene,

I'd recommend you find someone in the local Ham community/club and have them
put and SWR meter on your antennas.  I did this, and I have one antenna
that's really good and one that's crap, but once you know where the antenna
is really tuned, you can start trying to correct it (or replace it).  I
found a guy in my EAA chapter who's a heavy HAM user, and he had a full
surplus military radio test rig and could sweep my ILS and nav heads and
everything.

Brett
n44vf.com
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