[nrv-hams] K2COE reception issue - solved

[Knight, Dave]

Jon,

My base station is a 50 watt Kenwood 732A, and my 2m/70cm antenna is a
Diamond X300 mounted about 30 feet off the ground.  I think the setup is
pretty solid and the weak link in the chain is my knowledge base.

My HF antenna is another story.  It is an off-center-fed dipole strung
(with a substantial "sag") between two poles. Some time ago, Hank Wallace
analyzed it with a fancy analyzer and it was working OK.  Then we had some
construction done and the antenna was disconnected for a month or two and
some water got into the (100 foot) cable.  I have since replaced the cable
(now 50 foot)  and it's working better, but still not great -  I used to be
able to hear WWV from Canada but cannot at this point.  Likewise, I made
contact with the ECARS net in NJ but have not heard them since I replaced
the cable.  These results may simply be a matter of poor propagation, but
an analyzer check might be informative.

 FWIW, I watched Hank run his fairly elaborate analyzer and was left with
the impression the process was well above my pay grade  ;-)

--

In your time of need, may your piece be with you!

The trouble with many of today's college graduates is not that they're
ignorant, it's that they've been taught so much that just isn't so!

                                                      (with apologies to
Ronald Reagan).



On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 10:27 PM Jon Weston <jon.weston.22 at gmail.com> wrote:

> -Hi Dave
>
>  I'm really happy that your problem was resolved. I'm glad that it was just
> a setting on your transceiver and not something with the antenna system. I
> feel confident that you will do great.
>  If you will reply on this thread with your radio model I'll read the
> manual. Your 2/440 antenna is which Diamond model?My offer to come by and
> provide whatever assistance I can still stands. I might be able to borrow
> an antenna analyzer to further check things out.
>  I know Thanksgiving is coming up so, whenever you'd like to do this stuff
> is fine with me.
>
> -73 KN4OXI - Jon Weston
>
> On Tue, Nov 19, 2019, 8:46 PM Knight, Dave <diemkae at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > While puzzling about this during tonite's simplex net, I was browsing the
> > owner's manual and came across the section about "Tone Squelch" ...
> hmmmm,
> > that sounds like it could cause this sort of behavior if it was enabled.
> > Of course, it was.  As soon as I turned it off, I could hear everyone
> > (left) loud and clear.   Ultimately it boiled down to a convergence of
> > Occam's Razor and RTFM  ;-)
> >
> > Next week should tell a wholly different story!
> >
> > Thanks to all who helped me work thru this!
> >
> > --
> >
> > In your time of need, may your piece be with you!
> >
> > The trouble with many of today's college graduates is not that they're
> > ignorant, it's that they've been taught so much that just isn't so!
> >
> >                                                       (with apologies to
> > Ronald Reagan).
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