Both. I did have to lower the “minimum” settings in order for it to pick up. I do have it closest to the lowest setting. Radio still shows a weak signal but I can at least talk to the tower now.
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So turning the lights off in my shop helped out a lot and moving the antenna from how it was mounted. I mounted it temporarily somewhere else and was able to hear ASOS and talk to the tower. Once I get it mounted to the aircraft skin somewhere and get it out of my shop, I think I’ll be good...
It’s a new radio. Becker AR6201. I can’t do the ELT check. What do you mean SWAG? When you press the Squelch button the static goes away (according to the manual, it suppresses weak signals) when active.
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Yes the shop checked everything. They did the wiring for the radio and transponder (built the harnesses) and put the jacks on for the headsets. Yes it was an “aircraft” avionics shop recommended by our A&P. Only thing I installed so far has been the VHF antenna as shown in the original photo...
Yes. When I disconnect the coax from the antenna, the static goes away. Naturally don’t hear any radio communications
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I checked the coax when I assembled it too and all seems to be good. I tried two different coax cables and they both have the same effect. Static. Now when I have the coax plugged into the back of the radio the multimeter will “ring” when I touch the center pin to the outside casing. Is that...
I tried two different coax cables from the radio to the antenna , same thing happens. I only have a 3 ft run from the radio down to the antenna.
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Yes the cable was connected when I have the static lol. Yes the mating surface on the antenna to that little mounting plate is clean.
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The antenna before was mounted back on the tail and was poorly done with a cheap antenna. How much would that affect mounting is horizontally based vertically? I did that because it sits low to the ground vertically. Is the piece of metal I attached it to not big enough? The metal that the...