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I hope I'm not teaching granny to suck eggs, but have you checked for other obvious faults such as a short or cable break?
Recently I had an antenna roof mounting with a wire whisker across the connector, offering a short (lucky I checked it with a meter before I keyed the mic) and a right angle 259 ...

There are some really rude people on at the moment... Why?


I was driving back up from Bristol to Brum on Thursday. The effin and blinding on UK27FM was awful. Seems that some of the "operators" are unable to string together a sentence unless it has an expletive at either end. Totally ...

The PSW30 is switch mode, the PS30M was solid state.

Would you please mind explaining what the difference is?

Can they both do the same things?
Here is what I think you're asking:
A conventional power supply would be one with a transformer, rectification and smoothing, followed by ...

Hello, I'm newly registered on the forum, but I read this thread a few weeks back.
Are there any specific UK antenna guidelines, as the information quoted is from the USA FCC site? My enquiries with OFCOM have taken me in circles, with no one actually able to confirm what the UK regs are. #-o ...

Hi, just thought I'd join the forum having been a lurker for a while!
Got back into 11m after a long break. Currently using a Cobra 29LX EU in my vehicle and CRT6900 for home.
Look forward to getting some contacts on UK FM when out and about.
TTFN Andy
Black Tango