I'm beginning to suspect that my antenna position is causing poor comm performance on the ground.
I'm using a Comant bent whip under the left seat in my -7. A pretty common mounting place.
At a couple of airports I've had weak reception of tower transmissions while receiving just fine from aircraft in the circuit. On these occasions ATC has reported my transmissions as hard to read.
I'm wondering if antenna performance in this mounting location is poor on the ground and whether it changes with aircraft orientation to the other station.
I've tried some basic checking of my system such as headsets, jacks and grounding, but thought I'd ask before I went any further.
New SL40, Zulu 2 headset, PS1000 intercom
I'm using a Comant bent whip under the left seat in my -7. A pretty common mounting place.
At a couple of airports I've had weak reception of tower transmissions while receiving just fine from aircraft in the circuit. On these occasions ATC has reported my transmissions as hard to read.
I'm wondering if antenna performance in this mounting location is poor on the ground and whether it changes with aircraft orientation to the other station.
I've tried some basic checking of my system such as headsets, jacks and grounding, but thought I'd ask before I went any further.
New SL40, Zulu 2 headset, PS1000 intercom
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