I agree with David, Loran is VERY low freq., about 100kc. So trying to run Loran off a comm ant would not be a good idea. Craig N2623H David Smoler wrote: > Don't quite know what you have there. I know loran real well and can't > imagine a "Loran-nav mixer box" - do you mean a loran preamplifier? > > If it's a loran antenna, it won't work properly on a VHF radio, even if > it looks like a com antenna. > > A NAV antenna is horizontally polarized (wrong direction for comm). > Also, the match to the radio and coax is not too good. > > Lastly, it is very common to have defective cable and/or connectors. > > David > N6359V > > > g w wrote: > > > > Well I had my handheld hooked to the nav antenna. It didn't work real
> > well > > and sometimes when the plane was turned, it would not work at all. The > > problem I am having now is that the com antenna on top simply doesn't > > work > > with it... The antenna had a > > nav/loran mixer box which I removed... __________________________________________________________________________ ______ To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________________________________ Start an Email List For Free at Topica. http://www.topica.com/register
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