I've got a bunch of radios installed in a Ford Escape. There's two NMO antennas in the roof - one is VHF and connected to a Motorola MCS2000, and the other is connected to an 8 port Stridsberg multicoupler and goes into several Uniden scanners.
I am experiencing a lot of VHF interference on all the radios, regardless of which antenna.
Even the VHF MCS2000 seems to have horrible signal most of the time whether it's a close or distant signal.
Moving the car literally by a couple inches can make the difference between a good signal and zero signal.
There's a lot of static when mobile as well. If a bus passes me I can lose signal altogether.
I also monitor many 800Mhz systems on the radios and they're just fine.
This has been happening for a while but has gotten significantly worse recently.
I didn't do the install but am looking for tips as to possible causes.
I'm planning on trying a few things such as running the MCS2000 on a mag mount to see what happens, and then possibly run the MCS2000 w/ a power source that is not connected to the vehicle.
Any ideas would be great. Thanks!
I am experiencing a lot of VHF interference on all the radios, regardless of which antenna.
Even the VHF MCS2000 seems to have horrible signal most of the time whether it's a close or distant signal.
Moving the car literally by a couple inches can make the difference between a good signal and zero signal.
There's a lot of static when mobile as well. If a bus passes me I can lose signal altogether.
I also monitor many 800Mhz systems on the radios and they're just fine.
This has been happening for a while but has gotten significantly worse recently.
I didn't do the install but am looking for tips as to possible causes.
I'm planning on trying a few things such as running the MCS2000 on a mag mount to see what happens, and then possibly run the MCS2000 w/ a power source that is not connected to the vehicle.
Any ideas would be great. Thanks!
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