Hi, Vern,
The boat will be in the Bahamas while we return for Xmas.
Wx isn't received here in the Bahamas, so I dunno about that one
particularly.
I am a ham, and the next trick will be to try to take the antenna feed from
my M802 to this unit and see what happens. As the antenna will presumably
handle the 2m bands, I presume that would work, too.
However, I'm happy to pull it and ship it to you in about a month or so when
we get there. The mic is hardwired, so not so easy to try a swap there. If
I could find an adapter here in the third world I could also try one of the
4 handhelds we have on the antenna.
Others in other lists think it's in the preamp section, which may well be
correct. The radio, given all of our adventures, is over 3 years old so I
doubt it's under warranty. While it's a notably better unit than the one at
the helm, it wasn't all that expensive - and since I went to the expense and
bother to get and install a WHAM for it, I'm sorta stuck with using that one
or its siblings if I have to replace it.
Which made me think for a bit; perhaps it would be useful to have the same
at the helm, so that the wham would work with it, too, allowing roaming
around the boat and even perhaps as a repeater if we're nearby on another
boat or something, for intercom purposes.
Thanks for the thought provokers and I'll try the SSB antenna (which is a
whip on the stern - RX isn't dependent on the tuner, so I could have some
other boat try me on a schedule; I assume the tuner wouldn't know what to do
with the tiny signal from a handheld :{)) - but, maybe not correct, and it
would tune up so tx would also be strong if it hears ok. It's an SGC230...
L8R
Skip
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Densler, Vernon R (IT Solutions)" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 9:20 AM
Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] VHF ant
> Wait you are a ham. Do you have a 2m rig on board? If so you can try
> that antenna for receive and see what you get. Even if it's just a hand
> held antenna with an adapter to go from UHF to BNC.
>
> There are a few things you can do to try to test out there but nothing
> that is going to be exact.
>
> Does the radio have the weather channels on it? If so how do they come
> in?
>
> I would hate to have you start doing anything internal on the working
> radio since it's your lifeline if you have a problem. I would however
> start looking at the other one to see what you can do with it. Have you
> tried disconnecting the mic from that one? I have a VHF radio that
> seems to have some problems in the mic and it goes into different modes
> even when I am not touching anything. Start there then open the thing
> up and look for anything out of the ordinary.
>
> We may need to find a way to ship you a radio to use while you ship
> yours here so that I can throw it on the service monitor and see if it
> is the receiver front end.
>
> Are you planning to be in Florida any time soon?
>
> Vern
> KI4ONW
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Flying Pig
> Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 8:57 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] VHF ant
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave Skolnick" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 8:46 AM
> Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] VHF ant
>
>
>>I was thinking along the same lines as Carl.
>>
>> For your main radio it sounds like the first-stage preamplifier on the
>> receiver isn't working. It's probably just one transistor on that
>> radio. That might be repairable if you have a good grounded-tip
>> soldering iron, can manage reasonable ESD practices, and can find the
>> part. Paying someone to do it is unlikely to be economic. If it's an
>> IC you won't be doing a field repair.
>>
>> In short, you let the magic smoke out! *grin*
>>
>> The near-simultaneous loss of your other radio is consistent with
>> Carl's suggestion of a nearby lightning strike.
>>
>> 73 es sail fast, dave KO4MI
>> S/V Auspicious
>
> Hi, Dave,
>
> Sorry we'll miss crossing paths...
>
> The rx on 68 has been troublesome for more than a year. I'd thought it
> maybe an anomaly in GT based on where folks were txg from, but it's
> severe
> here, so I conclude it's the same thing.
>
> I agree about affordability of repair, and I'm not adequately equipped
> for
> component-level repair, but I think I'll be able to chase that down
> (antenna
> feed or radio) relatively shortly.
>
> L8R
>
> Skip
>
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