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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vipersan" data-source="post: 973089" data-attributes="member: 325666">So ..tried moving the Helix closer to focus ...next to no improvement ...Tried moving backwards away from focus ...in 1.5 inch stages ...No change ..Tried Moving it forwards of the focus ..A tiny improvement one inch closer ..but certainly nothing to cheer about ..So imo ...Either the Helix is deaf or at least hearing impaired ...or there simply isn't enough signal to get at 1.546 ghz ..(out of footprint)OR the losses in the RG58 simply cannot be compensated for ..Basically the Helix is about 2 inches from the focus of a 1.5 mtr offset ...and that isn't enough..rgdsI will try tomorrow with a shorter cable outside on that slow laptop ...this may give me some idea of the losses over such a long cable run ...but obviously I cannot use Jaero..cest la vie</blockquote>