RR Spectra Receive Problem
Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2008 3:49 pm
Hello,
I got a Railroad Spectra that worked great except that the antenna connector was broken on it. I got a new Motorola antenna connector and cable and instead of just soldering on the connector end I pulled the radio apart and soldered in the new connector coax cable and all. Put it back together and now it has almost no to very weak receive. You have to be very close for it to p-up anything at all and I'm within a mile of a mainline railroad and hear nothing. I took it back apart a few times and checked everything but can't find anything wrong. Nothing pinched anywhere and everythings connected good. Could it possibly need re-aligning just for splitting it and replacing the antenna cable? The only other thing I can think of that was different is the replacement antenna connector coax was a little thicker than the original coax but its not pinched anywhere. Any suggestions before I have to take to a shop?
Thanks,
Brian
I got a Railroad Spectra that worked great except that the antenna connector was broken on it. I got a new Motorola antenna connector and cable and instead of just soldering on the connector end I pulled the radio apart and soldered in the new connector coax cable and all. Put it back together and now it has almost no to very weak receive. You have to be very close for it to p-up anything at all and I'm within a mile of a mainline railroad and hear nothing. I took it back apart a few times and checked everything but can't find anything wrong. Nothing pinched anywhere and everythings connected good. Could it possibly need re-aligning just for splitting it and replacing the antenna cable? The only other thing I can think of that was different is the replacement antenna connector coax was a little thicker than the original coax but its not pinched anywhere. Any suggestions before I have to take to a shop?
Thanks,
Brian