[R-390] Balanced input on higher bands correction
Jordan Arndt
Outposter30 at shaw.ca
Thu Dec 23 13:38:55 EST 2021
Hi group and Happy Holidays...
Sometime back I responded to a post stating that my 390As all had an issue
above 15-16Mhz when connected to my ~90 foot wire via the balanced antenna
input...
The problem was not the antenna or the balanced input. The real problem was
that I was temporarily using an 18" jumper to ground one side of the
balanced input connector to the chassis.
Once I replaced the 18" jumper with a 2 inch wire grounded to the mounting
screw just below the balanced input connector, the sensitivity was restored
from 15 to 32 Mhz. In fact, I'm surprised at how much of a difference the
length of that connection made...
Live and learn...!
73...Jordan VE6ZT
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