Ken,
It really is not a Ten Tec problem. I have fought this "RF" problem before
with Icom and Yaesu radios too.
The only Ten Tec rig I had the problem with was a Paragon that I used to
own and the problem was really that my antennas were close to the house. My
80/40 meter inverted vee was about 30 feet from the shack. I could get rid
of it by changing from the 705 mic to a D-104. The final solution, since I
couldn't move the antennas farther away, was that I lined the plastic base
of the 705 with aluminum foil, making sure it was grounded, thus shielding
the preamp a little better. I have owned many Ten Tec rigs over the years
starting with a Omni A series B and going up to the Jupiter I have now.
But, where I live now, my tower is 130 feet behind the house....no RF
feedback problems here.
Good luck,
Dan
WD4LUR
At 11:25 AM 3/8/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>Hello,
>I would like to pose a question to the reflector.
>
>I am on my third Ten-Tec transceiver. I started with a paragon in about 1988
>or so and am now using a Omni-VI+.
>I have over the years used lots of other rigs. I also subscribe to
>reflectors for Yaesu and Icom.
>
>Why is it only Ten-Tec rigs that have this RF into the rig problem?
>
>I have fought it several times myself with a lot of work and frustration. I
>am afraid to hook anything new to the transceiver for fear of encountering
>this all over. Right now it is the main reason that I'm not on RTTY. I
>don't feel like dealing with it.
>
>I am beginning to think "Why don't I just buy a FT-1000MP and have done with
>all the nuisance?"
>
> I would like opinions and comments on why this seems to be a Ten-Tec only
>problem.
>
>thanks,
>Ken W7TS
>
>
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>34 Princeton Circle
>Longmont, CO 80503-2106
>Voice/fax (303) 684-0037
>E-mail: W7TS@Qwest.net
> W7TS@qsl.net
> W7TS@arrl.net
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