[RTTY] RTTY Digest, Vol 43, Issue 65

[Robert Chudek - K0RC]

Bill,

I experienced the same problem in my Kenwood TS-950SDX. The service shop 
discovered a problem in the front end of the receiver. (I think it was 
diodes that had 'gone bad' - most likely a EMP / static / lightning / 
discharge) But the tell-tale sign was exactly what you mentioned... white 
noise even when the antenna was disconnected. It was S-2 to S-3 on the 
meter. They fixed it up and it has played well for years.

73 de Bob - K0RC


>Hello Bill,
>
>You must have had a broken Mark V Field !!!

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That's possible.

Here's what I didn't like: When I unplug the antenna on all other
rigs, the audio goes completely quiet. With the Mark V, there is still
a constant "white noise" audible, and it's still audible on a quiet
band when I plug the antenna back in.

It could be there was a defect, but the fellow who bought it operates
mostly 75 meter phone where that isn't a problem. :-)

Also I don't like having to buy additional filters. The Icoms use DSP
and have everything you could want built in already.


Bill, W6WRT