[VHFcontesting] Re: For you 432 experts......PROBLEM SOLVED THANKS

[David Hinton]

Several of you suggested things that got me looking at outside interference.
With a little trial and error I discovered about 3 S units of constant noise
with the outboard preamp on (but no S units with it off but audible to the
ear).  The noise was traced to my WIRELESS WEATHER STATION.  I am now hoping
that was the problem and now waiting for some poor lonely soul to come up on
432.100 for a test.

The weather station has no effect on 2 meters.

Thanks everyone for your help.   Several other suggestions for station
improvement will be looked at also.

David
KE4YYD


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Hinton" <ke4yyd at gtcom.net>
To: <wsvhf at mailman.qth.net>; <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>;
<vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu>
Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 3:09 PM
Subject: For you 432 experts......


> I have had poor results with 432 in contests.   My station is a TS-2000
with
> a M2 18 element yagi mounted at 25 feet with a 30 foot run 9913 coax.  For
> several contests, while running barefoot, I was told by many that they
could
> hear me 5x5 yet I was unable to hear them.  Thinking the receive was poor
I
> purchase a TE Systems 4412 amp with a rx preamp.  This seemed to help a
> little but was still having folks say they could hear me with my 100 watts
> but I was still unable to hear them.  I then hooked up my Icom 820 and
gave
> it a try with the same results.
>
> In a properly operating system where both stations have equal power a
> station should be hearing transmitting and receiving equally.  Anyone have
> any suggestions why I am being heard well but not receiving well?????
>
> David
> KE4YYD
>
>