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Re: [TenTec] Corsair noise blanker and frequency display

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] Corsair noise blanker and frequency display
From: k6jek <k6jek@comcast.net>
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Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2014 10:14:16 -0800
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FWIW my Corsair does exactly the same thing on both counts. 

On Feb 3, 2014, at 9:12 AM, A R wrote:

> I received my newly acquired Corsair (not II), s/n  718, and have a couple of 
> questions:
> 
> At cold start-up in the morning, it takes about a minute for the displayed 
> frequency to stabilize and display the actual frequency. During that warm-up 
> minute, all the display digits are toggling "randomly". Is this a common 
> issue with the Corsairs? Is there a remedy?
> 
> The noise blanker is ineffective with respect to eliminating or even 
> noticeably reducing powerline-generated noise that my TRITON noise blanker 
> completely eliminates. Again, is this a common issue with the Corsairs. If 
> so, has anyone developed a modification that improves the effectiveness of 
> the NB? The TRITON's NB is so effective in eliminating at least the noise 
> that plagues me, I'd sure like to get the same NB effectiveness out of the 
> Corsair. The NB's of the TRITON and Corsair are architecturally the same 
> (signal flow and conditioning), so if the Corsairs have characteristically 
> ineffective noise limiters, my powerline-generated noise is enough of an 
> operating problem, that I would even entertain adapting the TRITON's NB to 
> the Corsair....as a last resort.
> 
> Allen------W7GIF
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