Can others respond to their VHF-AIR performance using an external antenna? My 396XT is absolutely terrible! It's shocking that's it's so bad. I am using the latest firmware. I've also tried with AGC on and off.
Test scenario:
Hook up my R/S Discone antenna to Icom A6 transceiver. Punch in BFI ATIS at 127.75 mhz. It comes in loud and clear - full quieting - not an ounce of white noise. (This airport is less than 10 miles from me and I'm located on top of a hill.)
I hook up my 396XT and nothing. If I go to squelch setting 0 then it's barely audible with some sort of white noise covering up the signal. It sounds almost as if I'm getting some kind of overload or interference in the XT.
UPDATE: After tinkering with various antennas and setups, I've discovered that I'm getting extremely bad overload on VHF-AIR (AM mode.) I *must* use the ATT when listening to a channel. When using ATT on this channel, the "white noise" disappears and the signal sounds much better. (The audio quality still doesn't sound great, but it's acceptable.)
When scanning this conventional group (VHF AIR), the scanner seems to be fine; however, it still won't stop on the ATIS channel.
Is this normal for others when using an external antenna?
Test scenario:
Hook up my R/S Discone antenna to Icom A6 transceiver. Punch in BFI ATIS at 127.75 mhz. It comes in loud and clear - full quieting - not an ounce of white noise. (This airport is less than 10 miles from me and I'm located on top of a hill.)
I hook up my 396XT and nothing. If I go to squelch setting 0 then it's barely audible with some sort of white noise covering up the signal. It sounds almost as if I'm getting some kind of overload or interference in the XT.
UPDATE: After tinkering with various antennas and setups, I've discovered that I'm getting extremely bad overload on VHF-AIR (AM mode.) I *must* use the ATT when listening to a channel. When using ATT on this channel, the "white noise" disappears and the signal sounds much better. (The audio quality still doesn't sound great, but it's acceptable.)
When scanning this conventional group (VHF AIR), the scanner seems to be fine; however, it still won't stop on the ATIS channel.
Is this normal for others when using an external antenna?