dow35
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how do you check to see if you are getting skip and what san you do to stop it
checking for skip
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hoser147
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There are too many factors involved to just try and check for skip, if it is there you will hear it but only if conditions are right. As Far as what you can do to stop it, Depends on what kind of radio equipment you have but off hand your squelch or try attenuation............Hoser
My "quick and dirty" method for checking is I tune my scanner into the NOAA weather freqs. and see if I am picking up anything that I usually can't pick up. Or, I will search the 30-49 mhz band and see if I am picking up anything that I don't normally get.
the DX info center website is often helpful as well.
Why would I not want to get skip? Hearing stations 100's of miles away is one of the more interesting parts of the hobby!
the DX info center website is often helpful as well.
Why would I not want to get skip? Hearing stations 100's of miles away is one of the more interesting parts of the hobby!
dow35
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iam not sure if what im getting is skip but some channels mainly in the 155 range sounds like two channels crossing over each other and its hard to understand either one anybody have any ideas?
dow35 said:
How often does it happen? Do they do it all the time or only occasionally or at certain times? How far apart are the transmitters? Have you ever received each individual channel clearly?
I know its a lot of questions but it will help me determine if it is actually skip or if it is another problem. I can offer solutions when I know more.
dow35
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one of the channels will come in clear but when both are broadcasting neither one comes in good one transmitter is about 20 miles away yhe other not sure the oter dosent come in good at all and this seems to happen alot
dow35 said:
You hear signals far away. To stop it, turn your radio off.
Seriously, if it's on 155 MHz, it's not skip. It's probably troposhpheric ducting. There isn't much you can do about it when it happens other than use a directional antenna aimed away from the offending transmitter. If it were me, I'd be tuning around to see what else I could here.
What you're hearing may not be ducting, however. There is a lot of channel sharing, and you may just be in a place where several transmitters overlap.
dow35 said:
I agree with zz. It sounds to me like it isn't ducting (what you have been referring to as skip- and they are similar in some aspects). It sounds like you are in a spot where you are hearing one very clear and the other one is overlapping it.
Does the channel you want to hear have a PL or DC code in the database? Can your radio program the PL or DC? That might help it as well. A directional antenna might work too.
dow35
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yes i can program pl tones and i have the pl tone i want put in and yet it still happens
FPO703
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I have something similar up here by me. I have 2 PDs about 5-7 miles to the West & East of me that both use the same frequency, but, different PL tones. When one is transmitting, and the other is, also, you will hear the noise that is being described. You will only hear whichever frequency/PL combination that you have programmed in to the radio, however.
That's not that uncommon. A Beam antenna won't help much.
That's not that uncommon. A Beam antenna won't help much.
dow35
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what about a scanttenna?
What about a skip filter?
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