Bill,
Using an Orion 2 (recently acquired) with a Heil Proset 6 and having a mix
issue. I’m about 2.25 miles from where a number of commercial FM and TV
stations are located.
While the mix audio is very low level, it is a minor nuisance while in receive
mode. It has not produced any adverse transmit issues here. I had not paid it
any attention until I was working some CW recently.
No problem when using the same headset on my Omni VII.
Temporary fix for me has been coiling up a portion of the headset cable. Seems
to have pretty much eliminated the issue until I can get a permanent solution
in place.
Thanks for sharing your experience.
73 W5BXE Richard
> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2021 17:48:10 -0500
> From: "Bob, W3IDT" <w3idt@comcast.net>
> To: Bill Akins <norumbegan@gmail.com>, w4ag@mindspring.com
> Cc: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
> Subject: [TenTec] Orion II Transmit Audio issue(s)...
>
> Smart persons...p
>
> Now that I have the Master Reset issue under control with the
> installation of a fresh battery (and the earlier A9 board capacitor
> upgrades), I still have two, possibly related, transmit audio issues.
>
> One of them I think I know how to fix, for the other I have no clue. And
> I wouldn't dismiss that the issues are related.
>
> 1. Though the first issue may appear to be RFI related, a) this radio
> used to sit next to an Alpha something amp with 1500W going to low
> dipoles very near the shack without any RFI problems, and 2) the radio
> now works fine on CW and FSK/RTTY at full 100w without any RFI problems.
>
> Transmitting in any audio mode, whether SSB/FM/AM via the front panel
> mic input or FT8 via the rear panel input, any transmission above about
> 5 - 10w power kills the receiver. Cycling the main power on/off brings
> the receiver back to life. Sometimes, though, on an immediate power
> cycle the receiver is still dead; waiting a minute or so allows the
> receiver to wake up.
>
> This suggests to me that some component is heating up beyond its
> specifications... but a transmit component affecting the receiver?
>
> I have no clue.
>
>
> 2. I have a 35KW AM BC station on 1260KHz 1KM (3500') feet away, and I
> have a custom BC filter with an 85+dB notch at 1260; Its 3rd harmonic at
> 3780 KHz is barely perceptible. I don't hear the station when receiving.
>
> However, when I go to transmit in SSB/FM/AM (that is engage PTT) I don't
> hear it either unless I have the signal monitor function engaged even
> with only a Heil adapter plugged into the front panel input.
>
> With a Heil headset mic plugged in to the adapter, the BC signal is
> strong enough to modulate the transmission, often high enough to trigger
> problem (1) above.
>
> To me this suggests that the BC station is being rectified even in the
> short length of the Heil adapter cable, and even more so in a normal
> length mic cable. But, strangely, not in the earphone part of the Heil
> headset cable.
>
> The solution would seem to be to create a custom mic adapter wound
> around a special low frequency toroid (type 77).
>
> Opinions?
>
>
> Bob, w3idt
> .......
> . Robert F. Teitel, W3IDT
> .
> . w3idt@comcast.net
> . w3idt@arrl.net
> ..
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