Date: Sun, 13 Mar 94 04:30:02 PST From: Info-Hams Mailing List and Newsgroup Errors-To: Info-Hams-Errors@UCSD.Edu Reply-To: Info-Hams@UCSD.Edu Precedence: Bulk Subject: Info-Hams Digest V94 #283 To: Info-Hams Info-Hams Digest Sun, 13 Mar 94 Volume 94 : Issue 283 Today's Topics: FT-530 Receive Proble noise blankers Send Replies or notes for publication to: Send subscription requests to: Problems you can't solve otherwise to brian@ucsd.edu. Archives of past issues of the Info-Hams Digest are available (by FTP only) from UCSD.Edu in directory "mailarchives/info-hams". We trust that readers are intelligent enough to realize that all text herein consists of personal comments and does not represent the official policies or positions of any party. Your mileage may vary. So there. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 12 Mar 1994 19:46:00 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!ncoast!comstar!bob.hinkle@network.ucsd.edu Subject: FT-530 Receive Proble To: info-hams@ucsd.edu S>Organization: California Technology Project of The Calif State Univ S>I tried the two freq. on my 530 and it did the same thing. On the 440 S>side it acted like it was receiving a signal. Very strong, with not much S>noise behind it. S>-- Our local ham store (North Olmstead Amateur Radion Depot, North Olmsted Ohio ) stated last week that they automatically return all 530s to Yaesu for the mod to cure this. They install it free and turn the radio around in less than a week. ....Bob KA1RI/8 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 13 Mar 94 07:50:15 GMT From: netcomsv!netcomsv!skyld!jangus@decwrl.dec.com Subject: noise blankers To: info-hams@ucsd.edu In article <2lu9dt$t8o@oak.oakland.edu> prvalko@vela.acs.oakland.edu writes: > Well, as the guy who first called the Ten Tec noise blanker a decorative > knob... I'd like you all to know I happily sold my TS-440s and kept the > Corsair because the Corsair was a much, much better, functional RADIO! Ya know, it absolutly amazes me the lack of quality that hams will put up with in a radio as long as it a.) looks spiffy and b.) they know someone else that made the same mistake (er ah... choice. Yeah, that's it) Kenwood for years has been pulling the game of adding noise to the front end and cutting off the lowend audio response so the radio "sounds hot". And a little under dampening in the CW filter makes a pleasant ringing tone that just "jumps out of the QRM". Ya gotta love it! (It only takes a handful of parts to make a receiver that's just on the verge of self- oscillation. You really don't need to spend $2K plus.) But the DX Hogs (oops, I mean emergency preparedness types) around here with the Ultra-2K amps and 80 foot towers swear by them for snagging that rare one. (er I mean passing health and welfare traffic). "QRZ county, your supplies are on the truck, 59 LA qsl?" Amateur: WA6FWI@WA6FWI.#SOCA.CA.USA.NA | "You have a flair for adding Internet: jangus@skyld.grendel.com | a fanciful dimension to any US Mail: PO Box 4425 Carson, CA 90749 | story." Phone: 1 (310) 324-6080 | Peking Noodle Co. ------------------------------ End of Info-Hams Digest V94 #283 ******************************