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You're gonna think I'm crazy, but disconnect the
ELT antenna from its unit and try flying around. Let us know if that did
anything.
On 09/04/2006 5:17:29 PM, CHAD SURMICK ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
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> I have a 1965 Alon A-2 that has had a frequency bleed over problem for a
> while now. Let me give the group a little history. When I fly within 3-5
> miles of a microwave and radio tower near my home airport, STS Santa Rosa,
> CA., on tower frequency the radio goes complete static, I cannot control
> the squelch, I can not transmit or receive at all, the tower says I am
> "scratchy" if they can hear me at all. Once I pass the area, the static
> goes away and the tower can hear me just fine. The radio has been to the
> avionics shop and declared healthy, no problems. Could I have 1. corroded
> contacts in the wiring to the antenna, 2. A bad antenna, 3. Bad Intercom?
> Its been frustrating as it happens in other parts of the Bay Area when I
> am near radio towers, specifically on MT. Tamalpais.
>
>
> Any Ideas?
>
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Chad Surmick
> Alon A-2 N5479E
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> ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any
> advice in this forum.]---- Greetings,
>
> I have a 1965 Alon A-2 that has had a frequency bleed over problem for a
> while now. Let me give the group a little history. When I fly within 3-5
> miles of a microwave and radio tower near my home airport, STS Santa Rosa,
> CA., on tower frequency the radio goes complete static, I cannot control
> the squelch, I can not transmit or receive at all, the tower says I am
> "scratchy" if they can hear me at all. Once I pass the area, the static
> goes away and the tower can hear me just fine. The radio has been to the
> avionics shop and declared healthy, no problems. Could I have 1. corroded
> contacts in the wiring to the antenna, 2. A bad antenna, 3. Bad Intercom?
> Its been frustrating as it happens in other parts of the Bay Area when I
> am near radio towers, specifically on MT. Tamalpais.
>
>
> Any Ideas?
>
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Chad Surmick
> Alon A-2 N5479E
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