[TenTec] Heil ProSet adapter with Orion -- hum?

[Tommy]

This may sound silly, but instead of going through adapters, etc., I removed
the Icom connector from my ProSet and used the four-pin TT connector.
Results were no problem at all using the ProSet with the Orion. I dislike
soldering those small wires also, but it seems to work.

Tom - W4BQF

----- Original Message -----
From: "Duane A Calvin" <ac5aa at juno.com>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 9:32 AM
Subject: [TenTec] Heil ProSet adapter with Orion -- hum?


> OK, risking the firestorm from the Orion and the Heil crowd, here goes!
> (Let's keep responses to technical discussion, OK?)
>
> When I attempt to use my ProSet with an OLD Ten-Tec adapter (about 8
> years old), I have an intermittent connection somewhere in the TX audio.
> This shows up as a constant hum in the monitored SSB when it's failing.
> I can move the connector at the rig interface and sometimes get it to
> clear momentarily, but mostly it's just hum.  (I've made QSO's on
> occasion, and partial QSO's before it started, like last week's TT net on
> 20m.)   I can't seem to locate what is intermittent.  It's not at the
> 1/8" phone jack between the headset, but seems to be right at the rig
> connection.  I don't think it's inside the rig, because if I connect a TT
> 706 microphone, it works perfectly even if I stress the connector in all
> directions.
>
> There was discussion here on the reflector earlier about the addendum
> that TT adds to the manual discussing the connection of the shield to the
> connector shell, with a reference to Heil cables.  Was there a conclusion
> to that discussion?  (No, I don't think we need to discuss other design
> possibilities for the Orion, just how I can make sure my Heil works
> reliably with this one!  Thanks.)
>
>         73,  Duane
>
>
> Duane Calvin, AC5AA
> Austin, Texas
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