[TenTec] Argosy II problem

[Clark Savage Turner]

Stuart has a very good point.  I have been bitten, and am a former 
unbeliever.  The antenna switch or even antenna contacts can do this.  
Similarly, a really big loop with no isolation on the outside of a coax 
feed can bring in tremendous AM BC signals to the rig.  I had a LOT of 
BC problems and cured them by removing my antenna switch and going 
direct to the line.   I found I could also reduce the problems by a good 
line isolator on the coax feed.  Interesting stuff.

Clark
WA3JPG


On Monday, March 24, 2003, at 06:38 PM, Stuart Rohre wrote:

> Make sure your band switch contacts are clean and not acting as diode
> detectors!
>
> If cleaning does not fix it, (Is there an alternate antenna switch)? 
> then,
> put a BC tuned series coil and cap trap in the antenna lead to 
> ground.  A
> variable cap allows any AM station to be nulled.
> 73, Stuart K5KVH