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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Francis,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I noticed once an unusual raise of the noise
floor. I do not remember how many dB the level rose but it was
much higher than usual bci or nearby arc discharges entail and I shut down
my Atals/Ozi/Mercury/Penny-assembly im-mediately. The noise floor dropped back
to normal after a restart. </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>The incident happened
in receive-mode and I did not bring it to the user groupīs attention until how
after having red your message. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>vy 73</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Willi SM6OMH</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<A title=carcia@sbcglobal.net href="mailto:carcia@sbcglobal.net">FRANCIS
CARCIA</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=hpsdr@lists.hpsdr.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, April 27, 2009 1:53
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [hpsdr] odd Mercury
operation.</DIV>
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<DIV>Hi All,</DIV>
<DIV>I'm noticing something new with Mercury. I would guess the input
amplifier is going into oscillation. Sometimes lasts a few seconds. The
broadband noise floor comes up about 50 dB. This even happens when
the input is disconnected. The antenna is never connected when the radio
is off and always have a 6 db pad on the input.</DIV>
<DIV>I looked at the board under a microscope looking for bad
connections and also replaced the bad input relay. It hit almost 90
today so was motivated to solder a loop of copper tube to the
heatsink pad undder the A/D. It also runs pretty hot. </DIV>
<DIV>Anyone ever notice this raise in noise floor? </DIV>
<DIV>The power supply is a linear. Frank
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