Severe Static on FT-857d
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| Nov 14th 2013, 01:50 | |
JoelBTotal Topics: 0 Total Posts: 0 |
Im experiencing very sharp blasts of static on my relatively new 857, which I don't hear with any of 2 HTs and an FT-2900. What could be the problem? |
| Nov 14th 2013, 14:18 | |
W1VTSuper Moderator Total Topics: 0 Total Posts: 0 |
Typically, most broadband interference sources get worse, the lower you go in frequency. Many sources you hear on HF will be inaudible on VHF, unless you get very close to the source. Most sources are found by either direction finding, or selectively turning off circuit breakers to deduce where the device is located. Zack Lau W1VT ARRL Senior Lab Engineer |
| Nov 19th 2013, 01:48 | |
aa6eTotal Topics: 0 Total Posts: 0 |
So you're on 2M FM? What does the "static" sound like? Could it be that your squelch setting is too sensitive? That would make small changes in received noise level "break squelch" and make a big racket. Maybe you just need to back off the squelch. Or are you hearing noise on top of a real signal? That would be a different issue. 73 Martin AA6E |
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