[Kenwood] F6A sensitivity outside of ham bands

[John Luthy]

John,

I live in So. Cal. near LA  and we have a chanel 18  here. So I tuned
my F6 to 499.750.  although I can not understand a single word on the
broadcast (I won't even comment on the lack of English programing on
FCC licenesed public USA airwaves in the Los Angeles area)  it is Q5
copy.. So as a test I tuned my Yaesu FT60 to the same freq. and it is
about Q2 at best. Both radios are un-modified and have the stock
antennas.  They were placed with in 2 inches of each other and their
positions were swaped with no changes in recive signal quality or
level. Side by side the overall antenna height is about within 1/4
inch. I moved both radios about in the "shack" trying to improve the
signal on the FT60 but the F6 always had a better recive signal, by
far.

The F6 antenna seems to have a solid portion of the antenna near the
top, it may be a ferrite core, it seems t be about 3~4 inches long. Is
yours the same? I do not know for sure, but you may try the antenna
from the T81 as it  may be the most broad banded and see if it
improves your recive levels.

GL OM

N7JL
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Geiger (NE0P)" <ne0p at lcisp.com>
To: <kenwoodth-f6a at yahoogroups.com>; <kenwood at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 8:51 AM
Subject: [Kenwood] F6A sensitivity outside of ham bands


> I just had a used F6A delivered yesterday, and was trying to listen
to the World Series (congrats White Sox!) on Channel 18 audio
(499.750mhz).  Performance of the F6A on this frequency was pretty
poor.  I have had a VX5, VX7, and T81A that all receive this channel
full scale, but the F6A seemed to be weak and scratchy, with the audio
cutting in and out.  Is the F6A really this deaf outside of the ham
bands, or is the supplied antenna just really bad for receiving UHF TV
audio?
>
> 73s John NE0P
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