I thought I read sometime here...maybe some other reflector
or eham, that a fellow contacted the company and caused them
to revise their charging unit. They really have to comply
and maybe some of this stuff is designed by fly by night
offshore companies.
Chuck, KE9UW
---- Original message ----
>Date: Sat, 07 May 2005 12:27:47 -1000
>From: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@verizon.net>
>Subject: Re: [TenTec] Fw: !!#**++!!! noise source found!!!
>To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
>
>Hi Roy,
>
>Congratulations on finding the noise source, and being
lucky enough to
>have a neighbor who is cooperative enough to work out a
solution that
>works for you.
>
>This is no doubt a mass produced item, and similar units
maybe causing
>other hams !!#**++!!! noise problems. It would be helpful
to know the
>brand name and model number of the unit. While the solution
you and your
>neighbor came up with is good enough in your situation, it
would also be
>nice to determine an easy fix to reduce or eliminate the
noise while the
>unit is on. Maybe some bypass capacitors or just the power
cord run
>through a snap on ferrite core. If the noise was really
that bad it is
>likely that the unit was actually in violation of FCC
rules, and
>possible the manufacturer would be receptive to including a
couple of
>bypass capacitors in their next production run. Yea...I
guess I'm dreaming.
>
>N6KB
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