[TenTec] Corsair II buzz

Stan Barr g0clv at dsl.pipex.com
Thu Apr 2 08:02:22 PDT 2009


yash at aol.com wrote:
>  Gary
> ?I found my corsair II to pick up a hum/buzz if the supply is close to the rig ,moved it 3 feet away and all seems ok now. That was a 961? tt supply. Maybe comming from a source in your house?
> good luck
> dale wt4t
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Smith <Gary at doctorgary.net>
> To: tentec at contesting.com
> Sent: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 9:01 am
> Subject: [TenTec] Corsair II buzz
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> I've got a Corsair II I'm planning on recapping with Ultra Low ESR 
> electrolytics. There's a high pitched buzz I can hear which is 
> distracting somewhat but is mostly absent when the narrow filters are 
> engaged.
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> It was there when I sent it to the factory for repair several years 
> ago and they found no problems but I notice it and it was not there 
> on my Omni and is not there on my other radio (not a Corsair).
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> Any suggestions of which board I might start replacing the caps on to 
> eliminate this noise?
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> Thanks!
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> Gary
> KA1J
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I had that problem when the psu was on the right of the rig.  Moving it 
to the left cured it.

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Cheers and 73,
Stan Barr  G0CLV  G-QRP 3369   g0clv at dsl.pipex.com

"Never leave well enough alone." -  Raymond Loewy


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