ORIGINAL: DennisD
ORIGINAL: Nathan King
Thanks Mike and everybody else. The situation has beenremedied, and I'm now getting impressive range checks. I look forward to many years of pattern flying with this excellent radio system.
So what was the problem, Nathan?
What did you do to get "impressive" range checks?
Your reply might help other flyers with a similar problem.
Regards,
Dennis
Yeah, sorry. I was rushing out of a café for an unexpected meeting when I posted. My field has a large metallic radio impound that seemed to be the cause of the issue despite being a ways off to the side. Moving further away into a completely open field yielded a successful range check slightly exceeding 90 feet. My 72MHz range checks were always fine there, but apparently the much higher frequencies are less forgiving of objects in the vicinity.
Mike nailed it when he said (emphasis added):
Also, if the range test was in a confined area such as on a street or parking lot, you're going to get bad results because in low-power mode, other nearby obstructions can cause issue.