"Voice In Wilderness" wrote in message news:iixYa.30982$ff.20061@fed1read01...
Ah come one guys -- he IS asking for advice as to how to repair the beast.
Why give em the old timers drill?
30 years ago many Hams were RF technical by occupation or the military.

Things and times have changed -- many are opting for the computer field.
Less and less RF savy in the Amateur Radio Service today and that is OK.

But when they come on asking for help --- you can Elmer or Bash --- the
choice is yours, but you know which one is correct in the spirit of Amateur
Radio

A refresher course inTHE AMATEURS CODE by Paul M. Segal, W9EEA (1928)


The Radio Amateur is:

CONSIDERATE..... never knowingly operating in such a way as to lessen the
pleasure of others.

LOYAL..... offering loyalty, encouragement and support to other amateurs.

FRIENDLY..... with slow and patient operation when requested, friendly
advice and counsel to the beginner, kindly assistance, co-operation and
consideration for the interests of others. These are the hallmarks of the
amateur spirit.

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Point taken, and I readily concede that he is asking for help, and
hopefully from the replies he will be able to work it out.

Three
"The Amateur is progressive...He keeps his station abreast of science.
It is built well and efficiently. His operating practice is clean and
regular"

Thats from the 1961 ARRL Handbook - (no paricular year chosen, it was
grabbed out of the bookcase at random, and no, I didnt buy it new....)
I think its still relevant.



It seems to me that this problem has been going on for years -
consumed many tubes, and doesnt seem be solved except by "blaming"
someone - either MFJ, Eimac, whatever.

IF you have an Amateur license and IF you want to operate QRO then
there is a commensurate(sp) responsibility to be able to do that
WITHOUT causing harmful interference. That is in the terms and
conditions of your license. Fair enough, you can pass the exams on
crib sheets without any theory - but for heavens sake, this is
SUPPOSED to be a technical hobby!.

Buy a ARRL handbook, read the section on amplifiers, borrow a scanner
and see if its radiating anywhere else - not really high tech stuff,
just BASIC rf knowledge that is supposed to be a precondition of
getting a license.

In the interests of a good argument,

de VK3BFA Andrew

I get totally ****ed off when 2 amateurs, probably a few hundred miles
apart, insist on running QRO on 80m so they can chat to their buddies
in armchair comfort - wind the receive RF gain back to eliminate those
nasty atmospheric noises, and stuff the rest of the world trying to
have a QSO beneath them.