REFLECTOR: Radio weak and scratchy

[Douglas Holub]

That's a good idea. Hook your handheld up to the coax for the winglet 
antenna and see if ATC can hear you. If it works well, you know the problem 
isn't the antenna.

SWR = Standing Wave Ratio.

Doug Holub
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rene Dugas" <dugasd at bellsouth.net>
To: "'Brett Ferrell'" <reflector at velocityxl.com>; "'Velocity Aircraft Owners 
and Builders list'" <reflector at tvbf.org>
Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 2:12 PM
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Radio weak and scratchy


> 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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