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[TenTec] Scout/CW question

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Subject: [TenTec] Scout/CW question
From: pob@vt.edu (Joseph T. Price-O'Brien)
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 12:04:56 -0400
Jim Crites, 7J7ACM, wrote:

> Hi, I use a Scout 555 and...when I increase my power past 20 watts I
> hear a buzzing in the background as I transmit.

It's likely that you're getting RF onto the DC power supply line to the
Scout.  Suggest you use some clamp-on ferrites on your power cable to
choke the RF and see what happens.

OBIE, WA4DOX (Ten-Tec Scout mobile/40-meter HamStick)...
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