Strange radio problems
Has anybody seen weird radio issues in today's high pressure conditions?
I have
com1: kx155a
com2: kx165a
Com1 is fine.
Com2 (an 8.33 channel spaced radio) suffers for a lot of interference (crackling) on all frequencies when in flight, but not on the ground, even if listening to distant transmitters (e.g. airliners calling up Gatwick Director). Tower radio checks are fine. The crackling is present only while there is an incoming carrier i.e. between transmissions the noise is not there.
Obviously the next stage is to swap the two radios over and do a flight test and see if the problem moves, then check the coax to the aerial, etc. I just have extremely limited facilities for checking RF cabling and radio performance where I am based.