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November 1st 04, 02:27 AM

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Thanks Steve for you input on this. I knwe it was a VHF GUARD, but
was unsure of what, if any, voice traffic there was on it. As I said
in my previous post, that voice on it is very faint, and I only use a
rubber antenna or a telescopic whip, so I would probably hear only the
aircraft side of things, or the local ATC here in Calgary. As I
monitor the airport comms here and sometimes I recieve the ground as
well as the pilot.

One thing you might want to try is to put the antenna on a short coax
length, with a BNC-BNC feedthrough connector, and get the antenna up as
high as you can in the room. That, or perhaps get a mag-mount antenna
and put it up on top of the fridge or filing cabinet or something. That
will improve reception considerably. I've done that with my 2m HT at
work, with good results. With the mag-mount route, though, be sure to
keep the base well away from any magnetic media such as video or audio
tapes or computer disks (optical media like CD-ROMs and DVDs are safe).

Best plan is to put 121.5 in as your Priority channel. That way the
scanner will blip over to it every second or so to listen for traffic,
and it will pre-empt your scanner's operation if anything there breaks
the squelch.

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-- //Steve//

Steve Silverwood, KB6OJS
Fountain Valley, CA
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