[50mhz] 6 meter newbe

[w2drz]

Hi,

First I suggest you remove the 6 meter coax off rig,
 may wish to have a 50 to 100 ohm resistor across the 6 meter coax input
connector, then look at the "S" meter.

Did the "S" meter go way down and the buzzing go away.

If so, need to find what computer and other digital devices that are
causing the interference on the rig. Turn off all you can find until the
noise is eliminated. Then turn on one at a time to find those causing
the noise. The fix is beyond this note and up to you on the fix.

A S7 noise back ground is very strong,
 this will prevent you from hearing stations that you normaly can work.


If this is the problem and you find the noise fix, you will be good to
have fun.

tom W2DRZ
FireBrick wrote:
> 
> I managed to get my used icom706mkIIg set up.
> I have the 6 meter elements on my Sommer yagi, (nested to 40' right now due
> to winds).
> 
> I see the cluster spots but I've only really heard one station, about 10
> miles away.
> 
> I do hear noise come up to s7, but nothing intelligible as a signal
> listening 50.125 and .135 USB but so far just buzzes and noise.
> Both the rig and an outboard swr bridge indicate a pretty good match.
> Also have a VL1000 inline but so far just ran barefoot.
> 
> I'm still reading this manual and trying to figure out this rig.
> A little confused that when I 'set' the filters, that I got the cw filter
> with cw and the narrow ssb filter with ssb.
> 
> 40 + years of hamming, and first time on 6 meters.
> 
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