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Old 7th Apr 2012, 11:54 am   #11
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Default Re: Sony ICF-SW1 'overloading' on FM?

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Originally Posted by G8HQP Dave View Post
You are quite close to Sutton Coldfield so overloading might be a possibility. If so, shortening the aerial will help. It could be a sign that an internal stage is oscillating and so distorting the signal. If you were further away then multipath distortion could be the culprit.
I'm not sure electrolytics will have much effect at VHF frequencies.
I totally agree with this. A few years ago we stayed at a hotel on Dartmoor with the high powered North Hessay Tor just a few miles away. My ITT Colt was totally overloaded with the telescopic rod extended by even just a couple of sections. If I fully retracted the rod aerial I could then hear the weaker FM stations from both Torbay and Exeter.
Some of the more modern FM portable sets cope much better as their front ends have a far wider dynamic range than that offered by many of the older sets.
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