Yeah, you and me both. Moreover, I wish all interference problems were that easy. Here’s wishing for more easy solutions. Now for my next trick. …
—Buddy
On Dec 14, 2013, at 7:12 PM, Steve Forst <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Buddy,
>
>
> Good to hear you today and glad you seem to have resolved the problem.
> Wish all life's problems were that easy.
>
> 73, Steve KW3A
> On 12/14/2013 7:03 PM, Buddy Brannan wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I knew I was having this problem, sometimes and sometimes not, with RF =
>> getting into my audio, and I wasn=92t sure where, exactly. Someone =
>> suggested perhaps a bad coax shield. Remembering that some of my coax =
>> jumpers are likely as old as my ham career, I tried bypassing the tuner, =
>> which meant straight to the antenna, and the RF was much less or perhaps =
>> gone as Steve affirmed. So I pulled what I suspected might be the most =
>> likely culprit and put in a different jumper, specifically between the =
>> radio and the wattmeter. And then I listened on a receiver with the RF =
>> gain turned all the way down to pretty much nothing. And heard no icky =
>> RF noises. And also no RF noises getting into perhaps other than the =
>> computer speakers sitting right near the radio, which, well, they=92re =
>> crappy Logitech speakers, so can=92t expect great shielding anyway. So I =
>> think, fingers crossed, it=92s solved. Don=92t know why I didn=92t think =
>> of bad coax, but of course it makes sense.
>>
>> Vy 73, de KB5ELV=
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