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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
flyingsaceur@ioc.exchange ("AN/CRM-114") wrote:
#AmateurRadio object lesson
Q: What does it mean when they say that a radio has a weak front end that gets overloaded easily?
A: When I take the old G90 on a trip and I get AM Gold splattered down the middle of the waterfall at S9 no matter what band or frequency is set, and then I look over at the radio tower oddly bereft of cellular sector antennas about a half a klick down the road
The G90 is a little wonder but they left out a lot of stuff to hit the price point. It needs about a dozen ferrite beads and toroids on any wire attached to it, as well as at least one broadcast interference (BCI) filter, which you do not want to have inline when the internal ATU is enabled