gallan947
Member
Hi Guys, just come home from a weekends sailing around the Solent, and I appear to be having an issue with my new (this year) SH GX1600e - After fitting in March I carried out new installation radio checks on Ch67 and Ch80 (as I was in Port Solent for winter) both came back able to hear me loud and clear.
I don't sail as often as i'd like, and am often short handed, so I do like to be sure I can get in touch with the CG if required, so Sat morning, again I did a radio check on Ch67 - which came back as loud & clear, I switched the radio back to CH16 and off I went towards Cowes - for a busy weekend there seemed to be very little radio chat going on, so i fished out my SH Hand held and kept it with me in the cockpit - and sure enough it's soon picking up radio checks & an instance of a motorboat hitting a yacht in Southampton water.. none of this was getting picked up on my GX1600e..
So I tried a radio check on CH16 - and heard nothing back.. I put both hand held and fixed VHF's onto CH 06 and could talk to my crew down below.. and I used the GX1600e to talk to East Cowes mariner on Ch80 on sat night with no issue.. so the problem just seems to be CH16
the settings on the channel select are INTL (as i've had a problem before with the hand held being set to Canada)
Anyone heard of this issue before? or suggest where to look?
many thanks in advance
I don't sail as often as i'd like, and am often short handed, so I do like to be sure I can get in touch with the CG if required, so Sat morning, again I did a radio check on Ch67 - which came back as loud & clear, I switched the radio back to CH16 and off I went towards Cowes - for a busy weekend there seemed to be very little radio chat going on, so i fished out my SH Hand held and kept it with me in the cockpit - and sure enough it's soon picking up radio checks & an instance of a motorboat hitting a yacht in Southampton water.. none of this was getting picked up on my GX1600e..
So I tried a radio check on CH16 - and heard nothing back.. I put both hand held and fixed VHF's onto CH 06 and could talk to my crew down below.. and I used the GX1600e to talk to East Cowes mariner on Ch80 on sat night with no issue.. so the problem just seems to be CH16
the settings on the channel select are INTL (as i've had a problem before with the hand held being set to Canada)
Anyone heard of this issue before? or suggest where to look?
many thanks in advance