Re: [amsat-bb] W32 and desense

[John Meeks <jmeek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Howard,
I have a W32A/Arrow which was my only satellite rig for a year. No 
problems. Recently I got a new Arrow so I could keep one in the car. Big 
problem with the new one. It hears fine, but when I Tx I get white noise 
on the downlink. I've swapped the diplexer between the antennas and the 
problem follows the diplexer. I keep meaning to send it back but I'm 
using just the 440 side for a mobile downlink so no cross band problems 
that way.

I really don't know what all the whining about the W32A is about. Mine 
gets a little warm after a few minutes of TX but does not drift off 
freq. I love it with the Batteries America 6 x AAA battery case. Hours 
of use.

Hope you get the problem resolved. I would imagine Arrow would 
test/replace a bad diplexer with no problem.  Good luck and 73.

John
kc8zfn
en75

Howard Stephenson - K6IA wrote:
> Does anyone have a solution to my desense problem with a new W32A HT
> and the arrow beam using the in boom duplexer?  It so bad that I can't
> hear my downlink.
> Howard Stephenson K6IA
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