Topband: Technical Issues

[Harold Smith]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chortek, Robert L" <Robert.Chortek at berliner.com>
To: <topband at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 3:43 PM
Subject: Topband: Technical Issues


> Hello All,
>
> I recently had an experience that might benefit others with respect to
> how to deal with similar issues, whatever they may be.
>
> A little background:
>
> Several weeks back I was trying to hook up my new amp.  For various
> reasons the keying was very erratic and sounded awful at times, if not
> downright unintelligible.  The problem was intermittent, sometimes the
> amp worked great, sometimes not.


Bob,

It might be nice to indicate what type of Amplifier and what was the 
solution.

I would bet a poor shield connection on the input coax.

73   Price W0RI