And these multiband radios have broad front-ends of necessity.

Mike Freeman

On Wed, 28 Apr 2004, Steve Dresser wrote:

> Not so much the antenna as the front end.  If the front end had a
> preselecter, you probably wouldn't nearly as much of a problem.  As I said
> before, though, pagers are notoriously dirty.
>
> Steve
>
> On Tuesday 4/27/04 15:40 Brent Harding wrote:
>
> >That's what I sort of wonder. I live across the street from the technical
> >college, heard a lot of those are put on buildings like that. I never
> >thought too many people use them any more, a friend's scanner receives the
> >frequencies and there's activity there. I suppose the antenna on the th-f6a
> >is more general coverage than meant for more than 2-meters, although on
> >Sunday on the way up here, 440 was working quite well! I know the
> >interference here though must be specific to the area, the transmitter
> >emitting this stuff must be exceptionally old, and/or dirty.
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 10:33 AM
> >Subject: Re: Big interference all over the place with Th-f6a
> >
> >
> > > Did someone put a pager transmitter up on or near your building?  Those
> > > things are notoriously dirty.  Another possibility is that signals from
> >two
> > > transmitters in your area are mixing to produce intermod that your radio
> >is
> > > picking up.  That one is much harder to track.
> > >
> > > Steve
> > >
> > > On Monday 4/26/04 23:38 Brent Harding wrote:
> > >
> > >  >Yeah, on 440 it almost sounds like something on the order of pagers one
> >used
> > >  >to hear with police scanners, that periodic tone and digital noise they
> > >  >transmit. Not good for wanting to try the local nets on there.
> > >
>