[TenTec] Is My Omni-6+ Sick?

Dennis Baumgarte dennisrb@warwick.net
Fri, 18 Feb 2000 09:59:09 +0000


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Rosenberg.Eric@orbcomm.com wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>My (ham) neighbors and I have been working with our
local power company to fight
<br>a huge increase in Line Noise this past week, which gave me time to
listen more
<br>closely to my Omni.&nbsp;&nbsp; I have a 6+ with the INRAD 400 Hz filters
in the N-1 and
<br>'500' positions, respectively. I'm running it off of a 961 power supply
~ 12" to
<br>the side of the radio, with a computer monitor on a shelf above it.&nbsp;&nbsp;
The
<br>antennas are a Force 12 C3-SS off of a roof tower and a wire that goes
across
<br>the lot (the shack is in the basement).
<p>I am wondering if it's working right...I appear not to be hearing lots
of
<br>signals my neighbor (with a wire and TS-850) is hearing, and too, I'm
hearing
<br>all sorts of birdies that sound like beating oscillators, along with
what I can
<br>only describe as images of other signals (mostly SSB) that seem like
<br>intermod-type overloading.&nbsp; There are the typical monitor spurs,
but I still
<br>hear the other stuff when I've turned the monitor and computer off.
<p>My question, admittedly rather naive, is this ...how do I test the rig
to make
<br>sure it's hearing correctly?
<p>Any help is appreciated!
<p>Thanks + 73,
<p>Eric W3DQ
<br>Washington, DC
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<p><br>I have the same rig and took my unit to a neighbor and found that
the Omni 6 had a broken ground shield on the RF board and this caused the
same problem that you seam to have. Check all boards for good grounding
and&nbsp; check that the aux. ant switching diodes are good you may be
getting pickup from it.
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