I have a President HR-2510 (25watt) 10m radio.
It's SWR is nearly 1:1 on 28.4Mhz, when I call CQ people seem to be able to hear me just fine but... when I get a reply they are so quiet and buried in noise I can't make them out, just that I hear them copy my callsign.
The antenna is an 18' 2" vertical mounted 12' above ground and grounded with a new 8' ground rod that is 7' into the ground.
The radio is powered by an ATX pc supply hooked into a line condition with a ferrite core in place on the DC side before going to the radio.
I do on occasion hear someone loud/clear but they are usually talking to someone else that I can't hear without blasting the radio....
With the gain all the way up the noise is at about 3 on the meter, I can hear people but they are so quiet even blasting the radio is not enough for me to copy them in the noise.
Is this just an issue of my antenna's height? I'm not sure whats going on.
oh, the radio is connected with RG-8X
Any help is very much appreciated.
It's SWR is nearly 1:1 on 28.4Mhz, when I call CQ people seem to be able to hear me just fine but... when I get a reply they are so quiet and buried in noise I can't make them out, just that I hear them copy my callsign.
The antenna is an 18' 2" vertical mounted 12' above ground and grounded with a new 8' ground rod that is 7' into the ground.
The radio is powered by an ATX pc supply hooked into a line condition with a ferrite core in place on the DC side before going to the radio.
I do on occasion hear someone loud/clear but they are usually talking to someone else that I can't hear without blasting the radio....
With the gain all the way up the noise is at about 3 on the meter, I can hear people but they are so quiet even blasting the radio is not enough for me to copy them in the noise.
Is this just an issue of my antenna's height? I'm not sure whats going on.
oh, the radio is connected with RG-8X
Any help is very much appreciated.