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392
Member
Username: 392
Post Number: 76
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 05, 2005 - 8:17 pm: | 
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Guys, a lot of talent here and I have a question. I'm currently deployed overseas and I had my Alinco DR605 shipped over to use on uhf in my vehicle, 462 - 475. It is doing 15 watts, antenna checks out but performance is poor. TX and RX range is very short, and we tried other antennas. The 4 watt handhelds out talk it and when using PL code, it breaks up and barely keys up the repeater. It barely talks to a GMRS handheld. All freqs are properly programed, it works fine on VHF but on UHF, the higher freques in this range give me problems. Anyone experience this problem or have I done something wrong.
Thanks and hope back on the net one day!
392 |
Bruce
Senior Member
Username: Bruce
Post Number: 1995
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 05, 2005 - 9:53 pm: |
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hummmmm ..... your using it out of band could be its simply at its bandwidth limits you might retune it. |
Geekster
Intermediate Member
Username: Geekster
Post Number: 156
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, January 06, 2005 - 7:19 am: |
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I would check your SWR. Are the antennas tuned for this frequency? Go with a mono-band if you are only using that range.
I also agree with Bruce. |
392
Member
Username: 392
Post Number: 77
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, January 06, 2005 - 4:19 pm: |
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Thanks guys, I think you are right, it's an out of band issue. Seems to work fine, but very shory range with no PL, when I program PL, it goes to pieces. Thought these radios would do OK in this freq range but looks like I need another option.
thanks all, 392 |
Racer X (Unregistered Guest)
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Thursday, January 06, 2005 - 9:54 pm: |
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How does it work in the amateur band? If it works fine, I'd tend to agree with the others and say it's too far out of band. |
