xusmarine1979
Active Member
All,
For about a week now I've noticed a great reduction in the signals that my radio receives. But it's not the same symptoms as when I had the csj issues last year. It still decodes and receives just fine, just a weaker signal.
Anyway, I attempted to see if it was the connector and all seems fine on that end. There was no change to the signal.
So I started doing some reading and read about the pre-amp that is installed in the radio and it sounds like it has possibly burned out. Other than reducing the signal a bit, should I have any concerns? To be honest, I seem to get a cleaner signal on Ohio's MARCS which is simulcast in my county anyway. I really haven't gone into any buildings or anything to see how much it will affect there, and I can place a 2M antenna on the radio and listen to NOAA without messing with the filters or IFX. And it's not as strong as using the attenuator. But anyway, I just wanted to see if anyone else has had this and if there would be any kind of benefit to not using the built in pre-amp.
For about a week now I've noticed a great reduction in the signals that my radio receives. But it's not the same symptoms as when I had the csj issues last year. It still decodes and receives just fine, just a weaker signal.
Anyway, I attempted to see if it was the connector and all seems fine on that end. There was no change to the signal.
So I started doing some reading and read about the pre-amp that is installed in the radio and it sounds like it has possibly burned out. Other than reducing the signal a bit, should I have any concerns? To be honest, I seem to get a cleaner signal on Ohio's MARCS which is simulcast in my county anyway. I really haven't gone into any buildings or anything to see how much it will affect there, and I can place a 2M antenna on the radio and listen to NOAA without messing with the filters or IFX. And it's not as strong as using the attenuator. But anyway, I just wanted to see if anyone else has had this and if there would be any kind of benefit to not using the built in pre-amp.