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Everyone, The radio shop in Chino, that I'd thought was "Spruce's," is actually independent, and unfortunately was closed today, even though Spruce itself is open. So it looks like further detective work on my radio transmission problem will have to wait until Wayne's radio is here and I can swap them out. Wayne: if you're reading this before I can get to you by phone, would you kindly let me know a tracking # for the package so I can figure out what day to expect it, so I can line up help at TOA to swap it into my plane? Re: Ed's remark below re: what the ICOM *should* be able to do: Today I tried transmitting from the ICOM alone, just standing on the ramp, next to my plane, within line of sight of the TOA tower and maybe 1/2 mi. away (they're mid-field and I'm at West end). Not using any headset, and the ICOM not hooked up to anything, just using its own freshly-charged battery and its own rubber antenna. Ground Control replied, "Ercoupe calling Ground, your transmission is very weak." The ICOM A-23 is supposed to have 5 watts transmitting power. Does this sound like expected performance? If not, please reply so I have ammunition with which to contact the manufacturer; I think I'm going to have to go around the salesman I bought it from and contact the ICOM National Sales Manager directly. Thanks, Everyone! Linda From: Ercoupe Technical Discussion (moderated) <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2006 00:00:07 -0800 To: Ercoupe Technical Discussion (moderated) <[email protected]> Subject: Digest list: Ercoupe Technical Discussion (moderated) From: "Ed Burkhead" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: "Ed Burkhead" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Linda Abrams'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,"Ctech" <[email protected]> Subject: RE: off-list Re: [COUPERS-TECH] Re: today's tests Re: radiotransmittingproblem Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2006 08:32:35 -0600 Linda, I think your ICOM should sound crystal clear and work fine for a distance of a couple or five miles with the rubber ducky. Range after that gets problematic because of the tiny radiator length of the antenna. I have talked as far as 7-10 miles with mine, using the rubber ducky antenna in good conditions. It should certainly work fine at traffic pattern distances. If youre not getting good communications with it standing on the ramp beside your plane, then either the rubber ducky antenna is bad (that happens) or the radio has problems. This is worth resolving so youll have a reliable backup. Ed =================================================================== ============================================================================== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
