X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2005 12:47:31 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from wind.imbris.com ([216.18.130.7] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3.5) with ESMTPS id 1029350 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sat, 02 Jul 2005 10:13:26 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=216.18.130.7; envelope-from=brent@regandesigns.com Received: from [192.168.1.100] (wireless-216-18-135-19.imbris.com [216.18.135.19]) (authenticated bits=0) by wind.imbris.com (8.12.11/8.12.11.S) with ESMTP id j62ECetk007450 for ; Sat, 2 Jul 2005 07:12:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brent@regandesigns.com) X-Original-Message-ID: <42C6A0D2.2070001@regandesigns.com> Disposition-Notification-To: Brent Regan X-Original-Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2005 07:12:34 -0700 From: Brent Regan User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040804 Netscape/7.2 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Original-To: Lancair Subject: Re: Radio Static Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------010608080906000706010008" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------010608080906000706010008 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Paul writes: <<< After about one half hour of flight, I frequently get static on VHF comm channels. It usually grows with time until radio reception is marginal. Strangely, the static isn't a problem in the terminal area at the end of a flight. My antenna is a dipole, mounted inside the vertical fin. I suspect that a static charge on the skin may be responsible. The skin surfaces are not grounded. Has anyone else had this problem? If so, how have you solved it? Thanks, Naf Paul Nafziger LNC2 N7PN >>> Paul, what kind of voltage regulator do you have? If it is a conventional type the it could be the source of the noise. Is the static triggering the squelch? Do you have a splitter on the antenna so it is connected to two radios? Regards Brent Regan --------------010608080906000706010008 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Paul writes:

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After about one half hour of flight, I frequently get static on VHF comm channels. It usually grows with time until radio reception is marginal. Strangely, the static isn't a problem in the terminal area at the end of a flight. My antenna is a dipole, mounted inside the vertical fin. I suspect that a static charge on the skin may be responsible. The skin surfaces are not grounded. Has anyone else had this problem? If so, how have you solved it?

Thanks,

Naf

Paul Nafziger

LNC2 N7PN
>>>

Paul, what kind of voltage regulator do you have?

If it is a conventional type the it could be the source of the noise.

Is the static triggering the squelch?

Do you have a splitter on the antenna so it is connected to two radios?

Regards
Brent Regan

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