Roger that! I would have never suspected the RCA cable but...it happens I
guess!
Thanks,
John - K5ZU
--- On Fri, 1/22/10, Phil Sussman <psussman@pactor.com> wrote:
> From: Phil Sussman <psussman@pactor.com>
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] RF in Ext. Speaker on Jupiter
> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
> Date: Friday, January 22, 2010, 11:01 AM
> Once upon a time I had a problem like
> that. The thing I noticed was that when I
> keyed up, it would peg a nearby CB FSM. Taking that as a
> clue, I made up a
> sniffer coil and wired it to the antenna input of the FSM.
>
>
> What I discovered was bad solder on a PL-259 connector on
> the back of my amp.
> It had tested OK with an ohm-meter, but apparently the
> shield was not making
> good contact with the shell of the connector.
>
> For RF to get into a speaker you must have exceeded the FCC
> radiation exposure
> limits, eh?
>
> Good luck!
>
> de Phil - N8PS
>
> -----------
>
> Quoting John Serrette - K5ZU <k5zu@yahoo.com>:
>
> > Yesterday as I fired up the Jupiter and Heathkit
> SB-230 amp, I tuned the amp
> > through a cantenna with no problems. When I tried to
> transmit in CW ... RF
> > blared through the external speaker and also made the
> circuit in the amp
> > relay stay in the key down mode. In order to stop the
> amp from a constant
> > dead key, I had to turn the amp's selector switch to
> exciter only.
> >
> > In the SSB mode, the amp relay DOES NOT Stick,
> however, RF continues to blare
> > through the external speaker.
> >
> > Has anyone else had this type of experience and if so,
> do you know a fix?
> >
> > I am using a brand new AmpKeyer with this rig/amp
> combo and I had no problems
> > until about 5 days after using it. I checked all
> jumpers and everything
> > appears to be ok.
> >
> > Any help is appreciated!
> >
> > John - K5ZU
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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