[TenTec] Astron RS-35M and Omni VI

Mike Hyder -N4NT- n4nt_m_o_hyder at charter.net
Sat Jul 30 18:59:50 EDT 2005


Of course, I don't know why he did it but can suggest one possibility.  The 
RS-35 was prone to RF interference which entered the supply by way of the 
negative output.  In the early RS-35 supplies, the negative post was not 
connected to the chassis but was connected to a pin of the regulator IC.

If Dave was troubled by RF adversely affecting his supply, perhaps the 
resistor cured the trouble.  Astron suggested grounding the negative post to 
the chassis for the same reason but many never got word of that suggestion.

73, Mike N4NT

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Tippett" <btippett at alum.mit.edu>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 12:50 PM
Subject: [TenTec] Astron RS-35M and Omni VI


I am still in the process of selling
N4SU's radio gear for his XYL.  Dave had
an RS-35M which he used to power his
Omni VI along with some other things.
He has a 720 ohm power resistor (15W
I think) across the output terminals.

Does anyone know why Dave
might have done this?  I assume it could
be to help prevent surging when equipment
is turned on but am wondering if there is
some other reason.  Any ideas?

73,  Bill  W4ZV 


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