Your semi-annual Astron tip...
People come and go from this reflector. This is a reminder that many
troubles with Astron power supplies can be cured by grounding the
negative post to the cabinet. I did it by removing the insulators from
the negative post, scraping some paint from around the hole and putting
a lockwasher on the post when reinstalling. Below is my correspondence
with them about it.
Happy November,
Mike -N4NT-
----- Original Message -----
From: "ASTRON" <sales@astroncorp.com
To: "Mike Hyder" <N4NT@chartertn.net
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 6:06 PM
Subject: Re: RS-35 in an RF environment
MIKE.
1ST CHECK YOUR AC OUTLET GROUND IT MUST HAVE GOOD CONNECTION
2ND. MEASURE FROM THE -13.8V TERMINAL TO CHASSIS, IF NO DIRECT
CONNECTION, RUN A PIECE OF WIRE FROM -13.8V TERMINAL TO CHASSIS.
JANE
----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Hyder <N4NT@chartertn.net
To: <eastron@astroncorp.com
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 7:56 AM
Subject: RS-35 in an RF environment
Several people have advised me that Astron had a service bulletin for
the Astron RS-35 (and possibly other models) which advised to strap the
negative post of the supply to the cabinet to reduce or eliminate
problems caused when RF energy affects the supply's regulation. This is
in particular a frequent problem in the amateur radio service.
Could you confirm such bulletin and either email it to me or point me to
the URL that will allow me to view it, please?
Many thanks,
Mike Hyder
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