I've been trying to get my receive setup going the last few days but I'm
having horrible results. I have my 11 element 70cm "cheap yagi" back up
on the mast and my homebrew SaebrTrack and OR-360 AZ/EL TV rotator
system interfaced to SatPC32.
I have an ARR preamp mounted at the mast fed with a seperate 12VDC
feed and about a 40 foot run of JEFA brand LMR 400. Once I get into
the shack there is a bit of patchwork to the cables. I'm using a Yaesu
VX3 to receive and due to the SMA connector on the HT and not wanting to
strain it I have a 4 foot adapter cable of LMR 100 that goes from an
SMA to a SO-239. I then have to use a short length of coax with a PL-259
to N male to mate up with a N barrel connector connected to my LMR 400
coming from outside. Now obviously, I know this isn't optimum and eats
up valuable RF and I intend to change it ASAP but I'm hearing
absolutely nothing on AO-51 passes. Not even the hint of signals.
I'm thinking with that preamp in the line I should at lest hear
something discernible besides noise regardless of the patchwork of
cables. Am I off base in thinking this? I did catch just a bit of
discernible signal off SO-50 last night but it was almost overhead.
I'm not a beginner at this but I'm frustrated. Perhaps I'm putting too
much faith in the preamp to push the signals through my hodgepodge of
adapters and cables? Any thoughts are appreciated.
73,
Michael, W4HIJ
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