[TenTec] Is My Omni-6+ Sick?

[Steve Ellington]

Take it to your friends house and connect it to the same antenna. Make some
comparisons with his rig. Sounds like it's sick to me.
Steve
N4LQ
----- Original Message -----
From: <Rosenberg.Eric@orbcomm.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2000 5:23 PM
Subject: [TenTec] Is My Omni-6+ Sick?


>
>
>
> My (ham) neighbors and I have been working with our local power company to
fight
> a huge increase in Line Noise this past week, which gave me time to listen
more
> closely to my Omni.   I have a 6+ with the INRAD 400 Hz filters in the N-1
and
> '500' positions, respectively. I'm running it off of a 961 power supply ~
12" to
> the side of the radio, with a computer monitor on a shelf above it.   The
> antennas are a Force 12 C3-SS off of a roof tower and a wire that goes
across
> the lot (the shack is in the basement).
>
> I am wondering if it's working right...I appear not to be hearing lots of
> signals my neighbor (with a wire and TS-850) is hearing, and too, I'm
hearing
> all sorts of birdies that sound like beating oscillators, along with what
I can
> only describe as images of other signals (mostly SSB) that seem like
> intermod-type overloading.  There are the typical monitor spurs, but I
still
> hear the other stuff when I've turned the monitor and computer off.
>
> My question, admittedly rather naive, is this ...how do I test the rig to
make
> sure it's hearing correctly?
>
> Any help is appreciated!
>
> Thanks + 73,
>
> Eric W3DQ
> Washington, DC
>
>
>
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