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.
> >