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[TenTec] Re: [Logger] Pegasus Problems

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Subject: [TenTec] Re: [Logger] Pegasus Problems
From: cherry@neta.com (Jim FitzSimons)
Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2000 14:32:04 -0700
Anthony Bowyer wrote:
> 
> Les,
>    I had a similar problem. I had a potentiometer with
> with one leg grounded and the wiper to line in. I
> found that I had to put a resistor in series with the
> line connection, I think it was 100k. Seems loading
> the line-in causes some stray signals.
> 
> --- Les Warriner <leswa7ham@bentonrea.com> wrote:
> >       OK Gurus, I got a propblem.  Got the Pegasus
> > harnessed up to a Yamaha
> > Sound Card. Have 1:1 isolation transformers in both
> > audio in and audio out
> > on the Pegasus. Have a 100:1 pad in the audio in
> > cable. Have juggled RF
> > power output, microphone in, etc., no change.
> >       Problem:  ALC never goes out!! Reports are that my
> > signal is wide.
> > Incidentally, my sound card has both line in/out and
> > speaker out and am
> > using line in/out. Also am using the accessory in on
> > the Pegasus, not the
> > microphone in.
> >       Anybody got any experience in this Transceiver or
> > this problem.  TenTec
> > can only say put in a pad which was already in. Then
> > they talk ground loop
> > even tho both lines are isolated. I'd sure like to
> > operate PSK but not
> > without an acceptable signal.
I do PSK31 all the time. I have a direct connection
from the accessory out on the Pegasus to my sound card 
line in. I have a direct connection from the sound card
output right channel to the Pagsus accessory input.
I turn the microphone gain to minimum on the Pegasus.
The windows mixer master gain is half and the wave input 
is one third.
The ALC light in on most of the time except on the 
10M band were it flickers off on some charcters. 
I monitor the output with a seperate Drake R-8 receiver. 
I have been getting good reports.
I adjust the mixer level control a little for for other
modes like feld-hell or mt63. The same setting works for
MixW, WinPsk, Digipan, TrueTTY, logger, and WriteLog.
For RTTY you can use the same settings or turn it up a 
little since RTTY is AFSK which is not as sensitive to 
level as BPSK31.
I do have a piece of metal under all my equipment including
the computer and the Centaur. There is no RF feedback even 
at 350 Watts output. My antenna is a wire on all bands. 
Jim W7ANF

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