[TenTec] Thanks to all my Orion is performing better but,

[K Van Horn]

Good Going Duane...Enjoy that wonderfully QUIET Orion Receiver!!

73,

Kirby, K7EC

Houston, TX

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Duane A Calvin" <ac5aa at juno.com>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 7:59 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Thanks to all my Orion is performing better but,


> Just a quick repeat of my comment earlier - you can't just turn off the
> PC and the monitor.  You must remove all AC and backup DC power from
> them.  I had a monitor that spewed noisy carriers all over the place and
> the only way to quiet it was to pull the AC plug.  Simply powering it off
> made no discernable difference.  Threw me off until I used a portable
> radio to home in on the problem, and when I pulled the AC cord, the QRM
> disappeared.  It got replaced with a nice quiet LED monitor.
> 
>        73, Duane
> 
> On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 11:45:00 -0800 (PST) "James C. Owen, III"
> <k4cgy_list at yahoo.com> writes:
>> Hi Jim,
>>    Have you tried turning off the computer? I suspect if it's
>> coming from the computer system it's the monitor. I have a lot of
>> monitor noise on the TV with this monitor and some on spot
>> frequencies on HF. Yes it could be the cables. You could slip
>> some braid over the leads and ground one end, that will usually
>> take care of cable radiation. I've never found the snap-on
>> ferrites to do much. 
>> 73 Jim K4CGY
>> --- Jim Miller WB5OXQ <wb5oxq at grandecom.net> wrote:
>> 
>> > Thanks to all my Orion is performing better but, I still have a
>> > lot of noise on 80 meters and I thing my pc may be to blame for
>> > some if it.  This pc is NOT connected to the Orion in any way, 
>> > The pc has a steel case and it is grounded to the shack master
>> > ground.  Could my I/O cables be radiating?
>> > 
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