In my shack the popping in my Corsair 2 is from the furnace switching on.
Shack is near the beast so I can easily connect the two events. I can also
hear other electrical noises in my home but have not bothered to check what
is what. Probably just a minor spark in a light switch somewhere! 73
Steve Miller kg7pv@hevanet.com
Portland,OR
Norcal #308, ARCI #9230, QRP-L # 109
-----Original Message-----
From: rohre <rohre@arlut.utexas.edu>
To: Jim <JNance2@Ibm.net>; tentec list <tentec@contesting.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Wednesday, March 03, 1999 1:47 PM
Subject: RE: [TenTec] Poping in receiver????
>
>Don't you suppose since it is in so many rigs, it is an artifact of your
>electrical supply, or your DC supply you use with the various rigs? How
about
>door bell transformers, thermostats on oil burners, and other likely
>interference sources around either your house or your neighborhood? Is it
>always with one antenna, that might have a loose connection? Or is it with
a
>variety of antennas. Is it there with the antenna off?
>
>I doubt there is a generic popping in all Ten Tec radios you have, but
rather
>something akin to static, which is pretty general, but something we usually
>cannot do anything about except disconnect our antennas and wait out the
>storm, (the safest way.)
>
>GL, and 73,
>Stuart K5KVH
>
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