[TenTec] Jupiter NR

[Steve Snyder W7CM]

Were you running the rf gain wide open??

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul DeWitte K9OT" <k9ot at mhtc.net>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 10:21 AM
Subject: [TenTec] Jupiter NR


> This year I took Pegs (KB9LIE) Jupiter on vacation. It has the latest 
> update
> firmware.
> When I pushed NR to see if I could get rid of some of the atmospheric 
> noise,
> I lost all receive audio. I tried this several times thinking that maybe I
> was not tuned right on freq to the station calling. Disengage NR and
> everything is OK again.
>
> Has anyone else had this problem? Am I doing something wrong?
>
> Otherwise the rig worked great. The new firmware with the narrower filter
> selection was much better than previous selection which I think was 300hz 
> in
> the narrowest position. With the filter selection below 300hz, much of the
> noise dissapeared.
>
> I took the cooling fan from my Omni VI+ to put on it and the heat sink 
> never
> felt a bit warm.
> We also worked some of the list members. THANKS!
>
> 73 Paul K9OT
>
>
>
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