Omni 6+ During CQWW ssb contest, I noticed that I had carrier present on LSB while operating on 40M. I checked and found it was present on all bands only on lower side band. Upper seems fine. It seem
I had this exact problem , called Paul at TT and got a fix. There are two pots that need to be tweaked VERY carefully. One nulls the carrier (only on LSB), the other is the freq. adjustment. (mine wa
Hi Ernie, There are two differences between USB and LSB that could explain why the carrier is worse on one mode. The BFO (or carrier oscillator) changes frequency when you change sidebands. If the ca
Ernie.... You say you had the carrier completely eliminated, and it re-appeared. How are you measuring? Do you use a scope, a wattmeter or a report from another ham? I've found it easier to listen on
Author: "Dr. Gerald N. Johnson" <geraldj@storm.weather.net>
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:26:52 -0600
And a little bit of hum in the audio like from the microphone hearing a fluorescent light ballast can appear to be carrier. Or worse, an intermittent shield connection on the microphone cable, usuall