REFLECTOR: Radio weak and scratchy

[Scott Derrick]

If your handheld has a bnc or you have an adapter sure you can hook it
up.   Kinduv a shade tree test stand.

Scott

Rene Dugas wrote:
> 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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