the antenna coupler was made by King so I don't think it and the antenna came together, however my radio acts pretty weak when hooked to this antenna. I sold the Loran on Ebay for $120 and then the guy said he wanted the coupler which I didn't know existed so I had to dig it out of there. Glen Ward -----Original Message----- From: g w <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, April 27, 2000 8:26 PM Subject: Re: [COUPERS] Tuning Antenna
>No, it was an antenna coupler which allows you to run the vhf radio and the >loran off the same antenna. It was clearly labeled "VHF RADIO" "LORAN" and >"ANTENNA" on its 3 bnc plugs and was about the size of a pack of >cigarettes. I just can't figure out if the antenna I have is a standard >antenna or some special kind. It looks like a normal antenna. The loran >was a King. The antenna is labeled "Comant" if I recall correctly. This is >the com antenna that was used before by someone. I had mistakenly hooked >that radio to the VOR nav antenna on the tail previously, the two wires >sticking out, but that actually worked better than this antenna! Glen Ward >-----Original Message----- >From: David Smoler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [email protected] <[email protected]> >Date: Thursday, April 27, 2000 7:58 PM >Subject: Re: [COUPERS] Tuning Antenna > > >>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] >>___________________________________________________________ >>T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 >>Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics > > > >_________________________________________________________________________ __ _____ >To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >________________________________________________________________________ >Start an Email List For Free at Topica. http://www.topica.com/register __________________________________________________________________________ ______ To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________ T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics
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