[TenTec] [Orion] Orion 2 - Anyone else notice this?

Duane A Calvin ac5aa at juno.com
Tue May 2 10:40:07 EDT 2006


Same here, Hank.  If I run the fan and the light in my 238B from that
+12V socket, I get a "buzzing" above 28.300 MHz.  Nothing below that, but
quite noticeable above.  It is teh brushes in the fan, I believe, but why
I hear it only there is a mystery.

        73,  Duane


On Mon, 1 May 2006 22:08:53 -0700 "Pfizenmayer"
<pfizenmayer at worldnet.att.net> writes:
> Got anything plugged into the 12 vdc outlet on the back of the O 
> besides
> just the fan ??? I had weird noises on 10 meters because I had put a 
>  RCA to
> two RCA cable on  to feed dc to both the fan and an external keyer. 
> Fan only
> is OK. Some sort of ground loop.
> 
> 73 de Hank K7HP
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <BobK8IA at aol.com>
> To: <orion at contesting.com>
> Cc: <tentec at contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 6:12 PM
> Subject: [Orion] Orion 2 - Anyone else notice this?
> 
> 
> > >From about 18086 thru 18094 khz I am hearing some popping  
> "digital
> > >artifect"
> > signals, or so it seems. They are random, not associated with  any 
> signals
> > on
> > the band nor settings of NB and NR. Typical s-meter levels S2 or  
> so. They
> > are there no matter what version I have loaded. I have 2.033 
> preentl on
> > my O2.
> >
> > Certainly not showstopping but annoying nonetheless.
> >
> > Anyone comment?
> >
> > 73, Bob  K8IA
> >
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Duane Calvin, AC5AA
Austin, Texas


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