[TenTec] Phase Noise on Jupiter

[Mike Hyder -N4NT-]

I've never heard a Jupiter but owned a Yaesu FT-757GX years ago when they 
were new.  That rig had a hashy sound to CW signals.  A signal could never 
override the noise.  The stronger a signal, the stronger was the hashy 
modulation on it.  I was told that I was hearing "phase noise," but that may 
well have been an old wives' tale.

Over the weeks that I owned that Yaesu, I operated less and less and started 
having health problems.  I began having pretty bad muscle tension that led 
to bad headaches when I operated.  One night I sat still when I powered down 
the rig.  I could feel all the tension drain from my muscles and shortly my 
headache was gone.

That rig hurt my toes when I drop-kicked it out of the shack window.

If the Jupiter sounds anything like that FT-757GX, be careful not to hurt 
your toes.

73, Mike N4NT

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve N4LQ" <n4lq at iglou.com>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 10:23 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Phase Noise on Jupiter


Can we rule out "thermal agitation" ?
Steve Ellington
N4LQ at iglou.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sinisa Hristov" <shristov at ptt.yu>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 2:41 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Phase Noise on Jupiter


> Toby Pennington wrote:
>
>> there is a phase noise interjected on  cw signals
>
>
> What makes you think it's a "phase" noise,
> as opposed to other types of noise?
>
>
> 73,
>
> Sinisa  YT1NT, VE3EA