Don:

You shouldn't have to take the top cover off;  just slide the little piece 
of cardboard or Braille paper in between the top cover and front panel, and 
you should be fine.  Leave enough of the cardboard exposed so you can pull 
it out if you ever have to.

Regarding other power supplies that don't have this problem, I'll defer to 
others on the list.

To me, this is a very minor problem with the Astrons that is not enough to 
make me want to switch supplies, but I know that boils down to personal 
preferences and tolerance levels.

73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Risavy, Jr. NR4DR" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2011 6:40 PM
Subject: Re: Finally Found Ground Connection on RS35 Power Supply


Ok so removed the top cover and stick a piece of cardboard or may be some
think Braille paper and close it or does it need to go down the sides as the
sound goes down slightly when something is stuck on top of it; but, still
can hear the low sound that gets on your nerves after a while and makes me
want to turn the power supply off and the radio too after a while of
listening to that.

Wondered if there are other power supplies out there that don't do this that
are the same size?

Tnx cul 73


-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of tom behler
Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2011 4:19 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Finally Found Ground Connection on RS35 Power Supply

Don:

My Astron used to vibrate when turned on, so I stuck a thin piece of
cardboard between the side panel and the top cover, and the vibration
stopped.

Apparently, this is a problem with Astron supplies.

73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Risavy, Jr. NR4DR" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2011 2:42 PM
Subject: Re: Finally Found Ground Connection on RS35 Power Supply


How can you make these power supplies or this one as have it too quieter
when turned on as doesn't affect the operations of the power supply just
annoying when have it on and sitting there listening to or monitoring the
radio.

Tnx cul 73 nr4dr


-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of tom behler
Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2011 1:13 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Finally Found Ground Connection on RS35 Power Supply

    Hi, all.

Well, I made and have now connected the grounding cable for my RS35 Astron
power supply, as a way of further minimizing the chances of Rf creating
problems for my set-up.

And, I want to thank John (N1UMJ)  for his description that actually helped
me find the ground connection on the RS35.

I'll paste his description below, for anyone else who might be searching for

it someday.

As John says, it's very hard to find, unless you know exactly what you are
looking for.

Thanks, John.

73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ

Here's John's description:

On mine, it was underneath, pretty close to the power cord, under the power
supply, it looked like a double nut with a star washer between the 2 nuts,
it was very close to the little rubber or plastic foot that keeps it from
sitting right on the desk. I never used it but I remember it was there, very
close to that foot. You had to really be looking for it or you'd think it
was
just another bolt.