In a message to Wayne Sarosi  Rob Dennis wrote:
 RD>> Job market here is rotten for high-tech at the moment unless you
 WS> It seems that is the case all over. The sheep-skin is the ticket
 RD> I just wish some company's would bother to take into account
 RD> `self-taught' skills instead of looking only as far as a diploma
 RD> or certificate.
They don't nor do they care. I been there and do that.
 RD>> I have finally narrowed down the RFI problem I was having on 6m with RF
 > WS> I had some problems with 40m here and my Kenwood 430s. Everything was
 > WS> OK until you went over 100w using the amp. Lottsa fed back through
 RD> Now I'm wondering if building the LPDA
 RD> is going to net me the same result.
 RD> If it is simply the balun in the 13B2,then I'm fine.
 RD> If it turns out to be a combo of the
 RD> co-ax and balun or something else......
Maybe not but it's worth the effort.
 RD> My 440S/AT had a similiar problem on 160 and 80m SSB.
 RD> As soon as I hit the processor switch my audio was RF'd no
 RD> matter which of 3 different microphones I used.
 RD> Finally traced it to a patch cord that
 RD> was resting on top of my keyer line
 RD> near the CW key jack on the back of the radio. (tres-wierd....)
 RD> A snap-on choke on each end of the line
 RD> and no more RF when the processor was
 RD> used.
I've used several chokes here on the mics, data lines, pwr lines,
even the ground and no joy. I just work around it. It's not worth 
the effort since the Ten-Tec can handle the problem.
-WS
 
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