In a message to Wayne Sarosi  Rob Dennis wrote:
 > WS> TNX. That and the first day at my new job was interesting.
 RD> I hope it is a `step-up' for you and a
 RD> lot less of those loooong hours you had
 RD> before at KSC. Sounds like they may be nice folks to work for too.
 RD> Job market here is rotten for high-tech at the moment unless you
 RD> happen to have a few degrees behind you.
It seems that is the case all over. The sheep-skin is the ticket
and it seems post-grad degrees are in more demand.  I'm glad I
got my BS EE/CS when I did. 
 RD> I have finally narrowed down the RFI
 RD> problem I was having on 6m with RF coming
 RD> back into the radio room.
 RD> Would you believe the balun in the matching network for my 13B2 beam ?
 RD> As long as the 13B2 is not hooked up I have no problems,and
 RD> better if it is grounded out when not using it.
 RD> If it is hooked up at the same time I
 RD> get on 6m SSB I get reports of massive
 RD> distortion in my audio at any power output above 10W.
 RD> I've also found out from Kenwood that
 RD> they have had a few (rare so they say)
 RD> problems of RF getting back into the rig
 RD> via the microphone jack or element.
 RD> Another source for RF coming back into
 RD> the rig seems to be the CW jack if you
 RD> don't use a quality shielded cable for your key.
 RD> Now I'm wondering what ELSE they have
 RD> found out,and haven't bothered to tell
 RD> those that have the rig...urgh.
I had some problems with 40m here and my Kenwood 430s. Everything was 
OK until you went over 100w using the amp. Lottsa fed back through 
the mic. I have never found out why. I just use the Ten-Tec instead
and the same mic.
It's good you found the problem. Things like that can be a pain
in the butt.
-WS
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