[1000mp] What 2 look 4 when buying a used 1000

[Pete Smith]

At 03:55 PM 10/16/02 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi Hans
>
> > Take your time to listen on all the amateur bands; do you notice any
> > differences between the bands or noticeable receiver noise? Use the Front
> > End switch for this purpose.
> >
>
>What if band noise on one of the amatuer bands (21 MHz) is weaker than on
>others?
>

That *could* be the antenna, if it is mismatched at 21 MHz, or has less 
gain in general.  But generally speaking, band noise on 28 MHz and below 
should always be louder than the internal noise of the radio.  Removing the 
antenna lead should always result in a drop in the discernible noise, even 
on 10m, so the lack of such a drop would be a crude indication that 
something's wrong.


73, Pete N4ZR
Sometimes a tower is just a tower