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[CQ-Contest] W9XT contest card and TT Omni 6+

Subject: [CQ-Contest] W9XT contest card and TT Omni 6+
From: k8cc@comcast.net (David A. Pruett)
Date: Sat Nov 16 09:45:02 2002
Henry,

I have eight W9XT cards here.  Tying the mic and PTT grounds together will 
not hurt anything, but may cause hum on the transmitted signal.  This is 
usually a radio issue (ICOMs are particularly sensitive to this), but if 
the Omni has a common ground, then it should be OK.

Dave/K8CC

At 11:56 PM 11/15/02 -0500, Henry wrote:
>I've purchased a W9XT contest card for our club station. we have an Omni
>6+ HF rig and a heil goldline for the same. The contest card cable is the
>4 pin version for TenTec. unfortunately, the paperwork with the cable does
>not give me the pin outs for the TT rig. Seems the Omni has a ground, PTT
>and mic line  (the fourth being 4 volts), while the card insists on 2
>separate grounds for mic and PTT. I cant understand what to do with the
>gorunds- tie them together? (the W9Xt crd says no!)- How , then can I make
>this work.
>Time ticks away before sweepstakes- Help!
>73,
>henry, W2DZO
>
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