When I had my Scout installed in an old 1990 Dodge Shadow, every time I
keyed up the microphone, the electric windshield wiper motors turned on. I
never did figure out the solution to the problem. I just tried to confine my
operating to rainy weather or use my windshield washer a lot.
73, Winston K4CWQ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bwana Bob" <wb2vuf@qsl.net>
To: <vsantis@javanet.com>
Cc: "Tentec (E-mail)" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 18:48 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Mobile question
>
> Hi Vince,
>
> I've had a similar problem with a variety of rigs. Usually the
> tachometer pointer will dip a bit with keying or modulation. Once, with
> a 10 meter rig, the cruise control was affected.
>
> First things to try:
>
> Make sure that the ground lug on the Scout is tied to a good ground with
> a decent piece of braid.
>
> See if it happens on all bands.
>
> Try the rig on a dummy load. If the problem persists, the RF is coupling
> into the car wiring via the power leads (I have a Radio Shack HTX-100
> 10 m radio that was particularly bad in this respect). Try splitting
> the two powe leads close to the rig and wrapping each lead through a
> snap-on core.
>
> If the RF is getting in through the antenna, you may have to move it
> or find the affected automotive circuits and use chokes, feedthrough
> caps or shielding on them.
>
> 73,
> Bob WB2VUF
> "Vincent A. Santis" wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> > I took my scout mobile today and since I'm not the vehicle driver I ran
cw.
> > However, every time I keyed the rig the blown light warning light blinks
in
> > sync with the keyed signal. The vehicle is a 2000 Volvo station wagnon.
I
> > suspect the lamp is a neon and is being energised by the rf signal but.
if
> > that'sthe case why only that one lamp? Any ideas and what is the
potential
> > damage to the vehicle?
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Vince Santis, N1VS
> > Winsted, CT
> >
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