[TenTec] Sub-receiver noise redux
Roger Borowski
K9RB at bellsouth.net
Fri May 20 15:40:56 EDT 2005
Doc, You may want to see if you can set up a message rule, if you're using
Outlook or Outlook Express to help alleviate this problem for you to some
degree. Possibly other e-mail client programs also have ways to handle this
too? The only reason I saw this message is because it contains "DX4WIN", and
it was sent to the DX4WIN e-mail folder that I created. I have that
particular "message rule" set to send any message containing DX4WIN in the
subject or text to the DX4WIN folder. BEFORE the message rule Number I set
up to send any message with Orion in the subject or text to be immediately
sent to the deleted items folder. The rules work in the order in which they
are numbered and once a rule applies to the incoming messages, it looks no
further and follows the first rule that applies. This system works well for
me most of the time and saves me a great deal of time I once spent sorting
the rat poop out of the pepper, so to speak. Between the message rules and
the blocked senders list, you can pretty much have the program do all the
sorting for you. For my TenTec folder, for instance, I have a message rule
set that if the message has [TenTec] in the subject line and Omni VI in the
subject line OR the message text, to send it to the TenTec folder and yet
another rule, with a higher number, (very important) that a message which
has [TenTec] in the subject line be sent to the Deleted Items folder. This
way, messages from the TenTec reflector that contain "Omni VI" (or Omni VI
Plus, Omni VI + etc.) are the only incoming messages in my TenTec folder.
These are the only messages I am interested in reading, everything else from
the TenTec reflector that doesn't contain "Omni VI" goes right to the
Deleted Items folder. I subscribe to a large number of different reflectors
and typically get anywhere from 150-225 messages on the average day. This
solution helped me see how many I really didn't need to waste time viewing,
just by watching the number of unread messages in the deleted items folder!
It gets flushed whenever I restart the program. Since I have created folders
and message rules for each, this leaves my original INBOX for personal
messages and items of first nature to be read (as well as still a little bit
of Spam unfortunately).
73, -=Rog-K9RB=-
----- Original Message -----
From: "doc" <kd4e at verizon.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 10:49 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Sub-receiver noise redux
Shouldn't Orion be in the Subject?
It is confusing and time-wasting to have to read through 50 lines of
text in posts to figure out what rig is being discussed.
Just a request to help fellow list members.
IMHO, YMMV ...
Thanks! & 73, doc kd4e
John L Merrill wrote:
> I hear the pops, which is probably the PLL relocking ( common on other
> radios). But hear no change in noise level.
>
> John N1JM
>
> TJ Sheffield wrote:
>
>>I’m running firmware version 1.372 and using DX4WIN Ver. 6.04 to
>>communicate with the Orion on a serial port.
>>
>>A master re-set doesn’t eliminate this condition. Below certain
>>frequencies the noise disappears. Cycling the power when the
>>sub-receiver is tuned below these frequencies fixes the condition, at
>>least until it recurs on a random basis. I am unable to determine if
>>some combination of band / frequency / mode choice precipitates this
>>condition.
>>
>>Rolling the sub-receiver across the following frequencies shows where
>>the noise is present or absent (by mode):
>>
>>UCW 13.000.640 Present, 13.000.630 Gone
>>
>>LCW 12.999.300 Present, 12.999.290 Gone
>>
>>USB 12.999.970 Present, 12.999.960 Gone
>>
>>LSB 12.999.970 Present, 12.999.960 Gone
>>
>>AM 12.999.970 Present, 12.999.960 Gone
>>
>>FM 12.999.970 Present, 12.999.960 Gone
>>
>>Please try rolling your sub-receiver across these frequencies and let me
>>know if you detect an audible pop or other indication that something may
>>be happening in this region.
>>
>>In my case, even when the S-5 noise is gone, I can detect an audible pop
>>when the sub-receiver is tuned across these frequencies.
>>
>>Thanks very much,
>>
>>TJ Sheffield, KL7TS
>>Anchorage, Alaska
>>
>>
>>=============================================================
>>PREVIOUS POST
>>
>>On an intermittent basis my Orion sub-receiver will display
>>approximately five bars of noise while the main receiver may show S-2.
>>Both receivers are on 20m at present.
>>
>>If I tune the sub-receiver down to 13.000.000 the five bars of noise is
>>still displayed and the hash is still heard in the sub-receiver. If I
>>tune to 12.999.900 the five bars of hash drops entirely and a more
>>reasonable 1-1/2 bars of normal background hiss is heard.
>>
>>The sub-receiver noise at 13.000.000 and above sounds something like a
>>mixture of high and low tones that are cycling, burbling and/or pulsing
>>at a rapid rate. Sorry I don’t have a more technical description for
>>this noise! Tuning to 12.999.900 and below the hash disappears and I
>>hear the normal background hiss of a quiet band.
>>
>>If the sub-receiver is above 13.000.000 and I cycle the main power
>>switch off / on the condition persists. If I tune to 12.999.990 and
>>cycle the power the condition is cured but a noticeable pop is heard
>>when rolling from 12.999.900 to 13.000.00 however the sub-receiver hash
>>is gone.
>>
>>When the sub-receiver noise is present the rig is not useable for split
>>operation but the cure at least is available. I’m running the latest
>>firmware.
>>
>>These observations will be cross-posted to “ditsnbits” but I though I’d
>>mention it to the group.
>>
>>Thanks very much,
>>
>>TJ Sheffield, KL7TS
>>Anchorage, Alaska
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Thanks! & 73, doc kd4e
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