[chirp_users] UV-5R

[Tom Henderson]

Perhaps a bit off topic, but certainly interesting! I'd be curious if 
the problem goes away after the tree is removed.

Tom Henderson

On 06/19/2018 05:03 PM, Dennis Wage wrote:
> Actually, there is a branch of a tree that can hit the main element 
> when the wind blows. That tree will be removed soon so I'll check it 
> then.
>
> The weird thing is the other two radios hit repeaters 40 miles away on 
> the same jpole. However, the radio in question hits the same repeater 
> 40 miles away with the crappy stock antenna, but not on the jpole.
>
> Anyway, this is offtopic, but I thought maybe I was doing something 
> wrong with this firmware radio with chirp.
>
> 73s
> DW
>
> Dennis M. Wage (W9BOQ)
>
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> On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 4:38 PM, Charley Bratton <charley at bratton.net 
> <mailto:charley at bratton.net>> wrote:
>
>     Dennis - Is the J-pole suspended from a tree, or in close
>     proximity (less than 3 ft)?
>
>     I had a similar experience where one HT wouldn’t hit one of the
>     three nearby 2m repeaters.   Lowering the J-Pole a few feet away
>     from the supporting limb made a significant difference.  Other 2m
>     repeaters seemed unaffected.   Other radios seemed unaffected. 
>     Once I found an answer, I stopped looking for other solutions, so
>     no, not a full scientific work-up.
>
>     -Charley
>     KE4QBW
>
>
>
>>     On Jun 19, 2018, at 2:52 PM, Dennis Wage <dwage at dwage.com
>>     <mailto:dwage at dwage.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     I have 3 UV-5R's
>>
>>     All three of them need their own *.img file because they have
>>     different firmwares.
>>
>>     They are all programmed with same channels and settings and all
>>     work fairly well for what I need.
>>
>>     However, believe it or not, one of them WILL NOT work with my
>>     J-Pole antenna. When I say 'will not work' I mean I can't hit any
>>     of the repeaters I normally use. It works perfectly, in fact
>>     really well with supplied antenna and with my dual band home made
>>     ground plane. With my MFJ power meter it also shows a full watt
>>     more output power than the other 2?
>>
>>     Is there anything in my programming the phone that could cause this?
>>
>>     Thanks,
>>
>>
>>     Dennis M. Wage (W9BOQ)
>>
>>     245 Corum Hill Road
>>     Castalian Springs, TN 37031
>>     (615) 310-4242 Cell
>>     (615) 562-5128 Home
>>     http://hammondb3organ.net <http://hammondb3organ.net/>
>>     http://overdubs.net <http://overdubs.net/>
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