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[TenTec] Re: Scout Info

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Subject: [TenTec] Re: Scout Info
From: chuck@topsail.org (Chuck Murcko)
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 1998 11:47:42 -0500
gfbike wrote:
> 
> > On my (very early) Scout, the flourescent display would emit a mid-pitch
> > whine on headphones - it's not too hard to put a small toggle switch on it's
> > power lead .....
> 
> Or look into bypassing/decoupling the switching signals that drive this
> display. Plenty of radio's use switched fluorescent displays without
> such noise. Should be possible to resolve w/o having to switch the
> display off.
> 
Um, guys, it's *not* a fluorescent display. It's a 7 segment LED. The
digit multiplexing is probably what folks hear.

73, KE3KR
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chuck
Chuck Murcko            The Topsail Group             West Chester PA
USA
chuck@topsail.org

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