ccsmith51
Well Known Member
On my RV-4 I have a SL-40. When I bought the plane it had the el-cheapo bent whip antenna, you know, the kind with the threaded stud to connect the coax.
It has served me well for the last three years, with good reception (at 2,000' I can hear CATF calls from 50 miles away) and transmission.
Recently I purchased a used Comant CI-122 antenna, thinking that it looked better and might work better.
Today I installed it and everything was much, much worse. I could barely hear the AWOS at 2,000' only five miles away. I asked for a radio check and the only person that responded was a Lake in the pattern with me.
I landed and checked all the connections, especially the new BNC connector I installed to mate with the antenna. I checked all the way back to the SL-40 and everything seemed good.
So, any thoughts on what could have happened that would make this higher-end antenna perform so much worse than my old one?
Thanks,
It has served me well for the last three years, with good reception (at 2,000' I can hear CATF calls from 50 miles away) and transmission.
Recently I purchased a used Comant CI-122 antenna, thinking that it looked better and might work better.
Today I installed it and everything was much, much worse. I could barely hear the AWOS at 2,000' only five miles away. I asked for a radio check and the only person that responded was a Lake in the pattern with me.
I landed and checked all the connections, especially the new BNC connector I installed to mate with the antenna. I checked all the way back to the SL-40 and everything seemed good.
So, any thoughts on what could have happened that would make this higher-end antenna perform so much worse than my old one?
Thanks,