Dear fellow antenna lovers,
I have an extra 2m radio(IcomV-8000) in my living room. I use a
magnet-mount 5/8 wave
antenna on the radiator cover. I never had any problems reaching the
local club repeater about
15miles away. I only use it to keep "watch" over the repeater so to
speak,while downstairs
cooking,cleaning,etc. It always worked very well in that use.
Recently....NO MATTER where I position the mag. on the cover, I GET
a small signal that
"CAN'T" be squalched away !!! It's just white noise/static !!! IF I
move my handie-talike to around the same area(with-in 10-12 ft.) IT
ALSO reacts the same way !! WHAT COULD BE causing this PHENOM ???
I have changed the power supply.....nothing changes the problem. I
shut off the computor......the cable unit.....the T.V.,nothing seems to
STOP that
small signal,ONLY on 146.970mhz that it happens. ONLY that
signal...and on both 2m radios. Can't squalch it out....this is
driving me co-co !!! The antenna is right next to a picture
window....but that really doesn't matter 'cause it does it on the
Handie-talkie,same frequency,day or night. Can't figure this one
out.....any ideas what to do ??? please...


73's, Paladin