This may be a question no one can help me with without actually going hands on but here it is anyway..
I have an old M1225 VHF radio that I use to scan the local county while I'm at work. The local county simulcasts to simplex VHF for paging(which i monitor), and they have their own P25 VHF system. I use the statewide 800mhz system.
The M1225 is mounted in the console along with a 05 remote head and Whelen controller. I have noticed that I have pretty bad signal degradation on this unit while it is installed in the console. I can take it out of the console and it works fine, pretty evident on a NOAA weather channel, for instance. VHF 1/4 wave mounted on the trunk with an NMO lip mount.
Is there anything I can check to fix this issue? Or is it simply too much electronics in the console causing interference? Wired to the console box using blocks that are wired directly to the battery, positive and negative.
TL/DR: Console mounted VHF radio has poor receive, what can I do to fix it?
I have an old M1225 VHF radio that I use to scan the local county while I'm at work. The local county simulcasts to simplex VHF for paging(which i monitor), and they have their own P25 VHF system. I use the statewide 800mhz system.
The M1225 is mounted in the console along with a 05 remote head and Whelen controller. I have noticed that I have pretty bad signal degradation on this unit while it is installed in the console. I can take it out of the console and it works fine, pretty evident on a NOAA weather channel, for instance. VHF 1/4 wave mounted on the trunk with an NMO lip mount.
Is there anything I can check to fix this issue? Or is it simply too much electronics in the console causing interference? Wired to the console box using blocks that are wired directly to the battery, positive and negative.
TL/DR: Console mounted VHF radio has poor receive, what can I do to fix it?