Flying Pig wrote: > Hi, y'all, > > I've been active on the cruiser's net here in Abaco, and this morning one of > the neighboring boats with a radio and antenna guru aboard called me after > to say that after about a minute of continuous transmission I got faint, > though still very clear. Another station chimed into the conversation to > say they had the same result. The original boat is right next to me, so > distance or atmospheric stuff was not a factor > > His opinion was either corrosion in the cable which might have an effect, or > the radio heating up from continuous tx. > > As I'm heading back to the states with a pretty big to-do list shortly, for > a month, I could send it off to Uniden for a look. > > In another forum, during our discussion on anomalies with this radio in a > different installation, since proven to be the cable in the mast, another > user posted that he isn't a great fan of this particular radio, citing other > problems which increased over time. Anyone else have this experience with > this or other radios, identified it as something other than the radio, and > have the solution? > > My antenna feed for the current installation runs in our bilge, and our > rudder post is currently in need of repacking, sending a constant stream of > water down the bilge/limberholes, where I expect there's at least one > connection. While that and any other connex are professionally done, I > expect some water COULD have penetrated. I'll have a look at that, first, > but would appreciate experienced input. > > Thanks, y'all > > L8R > > Skip, in the Bahamas for another few days before a month ashore > > \ Skip,
Invest in an inexpensive VHF watt meter/SWR bridge. That way you'll be able to tell if and when you have antenna or feedline problems. I have the MFJ-862. It's a VHF/UHF meter designed for amateur frequencies, but it works fine on the marine band. I like it because it has a 30 watt setting which is ideal for our 25 watt marine radios. It's about $65 from Universal Radio. MFJ isn't my favorite company. Some have suggested that MFJ stands for "mighty fine junk". However I have a couple of MFJ SWR bridges and they work just fine. Jim. _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
