Bill,
I experienced the same problem in my Kenwood TS-950SDX. The service shop
discovered a problem in the front end of the receiver. (I think it was
diodes that had 'gone bad' - most likely a EMP / static / lightning /
discharge) But the tell-tale sign was exactly what you mentioned... white
noise even when the antenna was disconnected. It was S-2 to S-3 on the
meter. They fixed it up and it has played well for years.
73 de Bob - K0RC
>Hello Bill,
>
>You must have had a broken Mark V Field !!!
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That's possible.
Here's what I didn't like: When I unplug the antenna on all other
rigs, the audio goes completely quiet. With the Mark V, there is still
a constant "white noise" audible, and it's still audible on a quiet
band when I plug the antenna back in.
It could be there was a defect, but the fellow who bought it operates
mostly 75 meter phone where that isn't a problem. :-)
Also I don't like having to buy additional filters. The Icoms use DSP
and have everything you could want built in already.
Bill, W6WRT
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