I have a rather weird question, Well I have never experienced anything like it, someone else on here might have so I'm going to see what I get as responses, Here goes,
I have an ST 2 scantenna on a tower about 50 or so feet in the air, I originally used RG 58 that came with it, BUT Soon learned that LMR 400 was better if not the best, SO, I changed over to it and left the antenna at that height...before I changed I never noticed it but since I've changed I have noticed something weird.. When any of the 800 or UHF channels TX it's usually fine...However on the VHF band, Not on all of them, just some of them, mainly the 155 and 158 areas and sometimes the 156 area. I notice that when a department keys up and starts talking that they are quite fuzzy and hard to hear (note: They are quite aways away, They're local but not in town, About *(If I'd have to guess)* 30 to 40 miles roughly...When they just start to key up and during the entire conversation they are hard to hear and fuzzy which I can understand being at that distance, however, toward the end of the conversation no matter if it's dispatch or car right about 10 seconds or so before the end of the conversation it will get clear as a bell just as they would if they were local...Why would they start out fuzzy and end up clear, I can maybe see interference once in awhile but it does this every single time just about...Does anyone have any idea why?
I have an ST 2 scantenna on a tower about 50 or so feet in the air, I originally used RG 58 that came with it, BUT Soon learned that LMR 400 was better if not the best, SO, I changed over to it and left the antenna at that height...before I changed I never noticed it but since I've changed I have noticed something weird.. When any of the 800 or UHF channels TX it's usually fine...However on the VHF band, Not on all of them, just some of them, mainly the 155 and 158 areas and sometimes the 156 area. I notice that when a department keys up and starts talking that they are quite fuzzy and hard to hear (note: They are quite aways away, They're local but not in town, About *(If I'd have to guess)* 30 to 40 miles roughly...When they just start to key up and during the entire conversation they are hard to hear and fuzzy which I can understand being at that distance, however, toward the end of the conversation no matter if it's dispatch or car right about 10 seconds or so before the end of the conversation it will get clear as a bell just as they would if they were local...Why would they start out fuzzy and end up clear, I can maybe see interference once in awhile but it does this every single time just about...Does anyone have any idea why?