At 03:55 PM 11/16/2001, R. Hotchkiss wrote:
>shack.When I put it on the roof of my 86 GL, I have to turn the squelch
>3/4 to 7/8 of the way up and the signal (RX) leds are lit past halfway
>all the time (I do live in a city with 2 major highways).  Is this
>normal?

Changes with the weather -- both solar and terrestrial.  Also, channel 19
almost always has high(er) noise levels because of the enormous number of
drivers using it all over the place.

If your radio has an RF gain control you can turn it down to bring the
squelch back into a better range.  And if you're really lucky it actually
*is* an RF gain and not an IF gain control -- in that case it will help
reduce splatter from other channels.

David Beierl - Providence, RI
  http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"