So roll back to August 2017. I was gearing up for an international trip and I needed a hard mounted 2m HAM radio.
Purchased a nice 50w quad band monitoring.
I can (could) listen to our two main group channels, the weather channel for the area and it was august in southern canada so we had the fire channel we were listening to as well.
It worked awesome! Never had any issues, I could hear/transmit about 30 miles consistently on roadways (paved and dirt) while moving without issue.
I purchased the antenna that the manufacturer recommended and it was awesome.
Now come summer/fall/now 2018 and I'm having issues.
My 5w handheld HAM transmits farther and can pick signals up better than my 50w... WTF What gives??
Is it an internal issue with the radio?
Did something shidded itself?
Is the antenna bad?
is the antenna wire bad?
I'm stuck at a stand still. I have another international trip coming up and would like my radio back up an running before then.
I have the wire routed from the back of the radio, zip tied the remaining 2' in a small bundle under the dash, ran the wire up the driver side door seal and then onto the roof then back underneath my roof rack to where the magnet antenna mounts.
Any pointers from people more knowledgeable than I would be greatly appreciated
Thanks in advance gents!