does a .001 Mfd capacitor placed across the key jack help? also, i had
trouble with a Triton having key clicks. that problem was cured by
using shielded cable from the key jack to the key.
73, Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Irvin A Weinman" <iawein2@cox.net>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 1:56 PM
Subject: [TenTec] Century 21 keying
| Can someone help me with a keying problem with the C-21? With a dummy
| load, the keying is perfect, but with the antenna connected and
| loaded,on any band, apparently r.f. is getting into the keying
circuit,
| because the keying clips and becomes chirpy. Is there some place I
can
| filter or bypass to eliminate the problem? I am feeding an SGC smart
| tuner on the roof of my condo with 40 feet of RG58. The antenna is a
| sloper in the tree. There is a counterpoise on the flat roof. Toroids
in
| the keying lead and in the a.c. line do not seem to help. Irv W7GX
|