Re: [TenTec] Omni 6+ keyer instability

[Alan Sewell <alan.n5na@gmail.com>]

Jack,

You might give this a try.

http://www.tentecwiki.org/doku.php?id=563keyer

73,

Alan  N5NA

http://www.tentecwiki.org



Jack Mandelman wrote:
> Several days ago I acquired a beautiful Omni 6+ (564), and love the 
> radio  One glitch that I notice is that occasionally the speed of the 
> keyer will  vary slightly (speedup by maybe 1-2 wpm).  Since the effect 
> seemed to be more prevalent when running my linear amplifier vs barefoot 
> I suspected rfi getting back into the keyer.  I then wrapped 7 turns of 
> the cable from my paddle through a type 31 split core ferrite, right 
> where the cable is connected to the radio.  Although the keyer 
> instability now occurs less frequently, it still does occur.  It's not a 
> show stopper, but is annoying.
> Any comments/suggestions are welcome.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jack K1VT 
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