bad reception on UHF
Submitted: Monday, Jul 05, 2004 at 16:49
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Stuart
Just fitted a new electraphone ariel ($180) to my electraphone UHF, but the reception is very poor, my uniden hand held gets better coverage! Would it be because of the male socket that had to be attached to the end of the coaxial cable, the bloke from the ARB
shop said to connect it all together and run a little bit of solder down the shaft, l did that but l am thinking that it was not a succesful attempt, or could there be another reason?
thanks in advance......Stuart
Reply By: Member - Captain (WA) - Monday, Jul 05, 2004 at 17:18
Monday, Jul 05, 2004 at 17:18
Hi Stuart,
While doing as Roachie says, also
check that the inner and outer cables are not short circuited. On the plug, touch one multimeter probe to the inner core and the other probe to the outer metal connector. This should show up as open circuit.
I once had a few stray strands of the outer shield touch the inner cable and couldn't figure why my UHF had no range. Another problem can be if you use too much heat when putting in the solder. It can melt the insulation and the inner core touches the outer shield. Very difficult to see, but the multimeter will show it up.
Cheers
Captain
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