[TenTec] TT 526 6n2

[philip c anderson]

Tnx for your suggestions Steve. Will open it up and take a look. Happy New Year.....LI> From: N8KOM at wowway.com> To: tentec at contesting.com> Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:37:46 -0500> Subject: Re: [TenTec] TT 526 6n2> > Hi Andy,> > I have a 526 and experienced a strong birdie around the same frequency (more> or less) which lined up on the 146.640 repeater output in my area and> required me to run the squelch at about 1-2 o'clock on the knob. I opened> the rig, slightly tightened the PCB board grounding screws, and may have> moved the routing on one of the internal cable interconnects a bit further> away from the PCB. I also saw an internal connector with some small ferrite> beads on the wires (3) and moved the beads as close to the PCB end of the> connection / connector as possible. Maybe none of this did anything, but> afterward, the birdie was virtually gone, nowhere near as strong (was S5 no> antenna - now is almost not perceptible).> > Just my 2 cents, particularly if it was a recent purchase and was shipped /> bumped around - check the tightness / contacts of the PCB ground> connections.> > 73 - Steve N8KOM> > > -----Original Message-----> From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com> [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of philip c anderson> Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2007 5:28 PM> To: tentec at contesting.com> Subject: [TenTec] TT 526 6n2> > > > Hi folks,> First, let me say Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year.> I recently purchased a 526 "6n2" transceiver. It is immaculate. Anyway, I> found one little bug that is right on the only Fm repeater that I use. There> is a constant birdie at 146.64353. That is where it peaks. Wouldn't you know> that the repeater is 146.64/04. I only use this for the fact that it is the> only repeater that I have found that has echo link locally. The rptr over> rides the birdie but it is annoying at times. I know it is internal as I> have disconnected the ant and also held my HT close by and it is there on> 146.64.> Anyone have experience with this??> Tnx, ANDY W3LI> _________________________________________________________________> Share life as it happens with the new Windows Live.> http://www.windowslive.com/share.html?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_Wave2_sharelife_122007> _______________________________________________> TenTec mailing list> TenTec at contesting.com> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec> > > > _______________________________________________> TenTec mailing list> TenTec at contesting.com> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec
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