Hi, On Sat, Oct 04, 2003 at 12:37:27PM -0700, James Long wrote: > Most people realize that the antenna that came with their HT was a > compromise design trading reduced gain (call that loss) for convenient > size. That loss is also part of the intermod rejection 'design' :), according to page 5 of my VX-150 manual (quote): "Remember that a large base-station antenna will have considerably more gain than the supplied rubber flex antenna, and this added gain may degrade the ability of the VX-150 to resist intermodulation-type interference. [...]" No need for jokes to come from the internet, they are right in the manual of your radio. 73, andreas +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ SARES members mailing list: <sares-list@sunnyvaleares.org> For help with (un)subscription send e-mail to <majordomo@athm.net>Received on Wed Oct 22 15:59:52 2003
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