CorvAircraft> radio

[Dave Morris "BigD"]

Doesn't sound like your antenna.  Antennas don't generally 
degrade.  Your connections to the antenna might start corroding, but 
the antenna itself shouldn't deteriorate.

Dave Morris

At 05:31 AM 3/23/2007, you wrote:
>Steve Makish wrote:
>
> > Hi Mark.What are you using for an antenna?
>
>Mine is copper foil.  It started out working fine (perfect SWR ratio), but
>in the last six months has degraded to the point that if I'm within a few
>miles of an airport, the UNICOM folks can't understand me.  They tell me I'm
>overmodulating.  At the same time, I can talk 150 miles clearly.  I didn't
>have this problem a year ago, and the Terra has a history of drifting into
>over modulation. Most can be fixed by tweaking a pot, but my revision
>doesn't have this pot.  But you have a point, and I'll try to use my ELT's
>antenna as a test before I remove the old one.  It is an official aircraft
>radio antenna that stands up in the rear fuselage.
>
>Mark Langford, Huntsville, AL
>email: N56ML "a" hiwaay.net
>website:  www.N56ML.com
>
>
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