One other thing is that UHF and coax with a waterlogged shield do not
get along well. When I was maintaining a repeater, we spent a lot of
time renewing water seals. A bad seal and water in connectors and coax
would sound like someone broke off the antenna.
This didn't start after driving in the rain by any chance?
73, Guy.
On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Shon Edwards <sre.1966@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a 1.25 M Hustler (5.2 dB gain) mobile antenna. I believe the model
> number is CG-220. I am having trouble getting reception on it in certain
> areas. I installed it a couple weeks ago and initially it seemed like it
> was going to perform just fine. I started having trouble with it later in
> the week and decided to check the grounding. I scraped off any paint on my
> car in connection with my lip mount that might have been preventing it from
> working as well as it could. It seemed like it worked well for a couple of
> days and then I began to have problems again. This a.m. on the way in to
> work, I tried to talk to my son on 3 different repeaters and had difficulty
> getting through on all three. My son was apparenly able to hear me fairly
> well, but I could hardly hear him. I am putting out 43 W on the radio.
> Repeaters are 10 miles away; 50 miles away; and 150 miles away.
> Interestingly, the one that usually gets the best reception is the one 150
> miles away.
>
> Anyone have any ideas?
>
> Thanks de Shon, KO3U
>
> --
> Shon R. Edwards,
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