Yes, now I remember the KING Loran. That is indeed a VHF antenna. The Comant antennas tended to break the lead inside and there is no way for you to test it - it requires an SWR Meter to do so. You still may have problems with the coax. An ohmmeter check and a visual inspection of the position of the center pins are in order.
David N8359V g w wrote: > > 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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