[hpsdr] No smoke! (but distorted audio)

[Daniel Quigley]

Hi Paul, have you run the level calibration in the setup pages?
 
Best,
Dan (N7HQ)



Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:58:07 -0600From: wa0rse at gmail.comTo: hpsdr at lists.hpsdr.orgSubject: [hpsdr] No smoke! (but distorted audio)Well, I jumped the Tortoise/svn, USBIO, and board power-up hurdles tonight with Atlas, Ozy, and Mercury and actually heard WWV and some CW on 80 meters. Understand that I have the Atlas just sitting on a piece of paper with the boards plugged in, an old Dell supply sitting right next to it, and the board only grounded through the PS and the 3rd wire of the power cord.What I did notice, however, was very distorted audio, scratchy. (Actually it sounded a lot like a 10GHz rainscatter signal!) Is this to be expected with the entire lack of shielding or would the gurus of the group expect something isn't quite functioning properly? (I do have extensive static control devices on the antenna and was careful to discharge potential static on the P.S. chassis every time I wanted to plug something in.Or did I just do something really stupid?Best 73's!--Paul, wa0rseP.S. Windows XP likes you to "eject" Ozy before powering it off, just like any other USB device! Duh!
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