<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>I am using the recommended antenna btech recommends <br><h3 style="text-align: start; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 14px; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-size: 21px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">NAGOYA UT-72 ULTRA COIL. </span></h3><div><span style="font-size: 21px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tim. </span></div>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Jan 12, 2016, at 04:47, John B. Leonard Jr <<a href="mailto:w9jbl@comcast.net">w9jbl@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>Are you using an external antenna?</span><br><span>If so, does it have a rounded bead at the end of the antenna?</span><br><span>If you use a different radio, does it exhibit the same problem?</span><br><span>An antenna moving thru the air will likely develop a static charge which </span><br><span>will result in degraded audio. The purpose of the rounded tip is to </span><br><span>discharge this static.</span><br><span>Airplanes often have discharge wicks on the trailing edges to discharge </span><br><span>static.</span><br><span>At our club meeting recently, we had someone complain of the same </span><br><span>problem. He changed his antenna to one that had a "coronal discharge" </span><br><span>tip and it solved his audio problem.</span><br><span></span><br><span>John Leonard</span><br><span>W9JBL</span><br><span>DeKalb, IL</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>On 01/12/2016 05:59 AM, Urban Operator wrote:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>The BTECH uv-5001 the audio is jumbled when I am driving and clear when in not.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Sent from my iPhone</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>On Jan 11, 2016, at 23:19, raymond reese via chirp_users <<a href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com">chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a>> wrote:</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>A friend of mine has purchased the first two radios in the list below and I have compared them as well.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>With regards to the following radios:</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>BTECH: UV-2501 & UV-5001</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Juentai: JT-6188</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Luiton: LT-898UV</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Will CHIRP be supporting these radios in the near future?</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>I intend to buy the BTECH unit, whether it is supported by CHIRP or not.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Anyone else out there have their own opinions of these radios and similar cousins?</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>73's</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Ray</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>_______________________________________________</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>chirp_users mailing list</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com">chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users">http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>To unsubscribe, send an email to <a href="mailto:chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com">chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>_______________________________________________</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>chirp_users mailing list</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com">chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users">http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>To unsubscribe, send an email to <a href="mailto:chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com">chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>-- </span><br><span>"...because this life is yours. 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