[Elecraft] OT: Astron RS-35M Transformer Hum

[Jim Rhodes]

Yes, '96 was a quiet year alright.

On Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 6:22 PM Dale Boresz <dmboresz at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have a stack of QST magazines from 1996 resting on top of my Astron
> VS-35M. No transformer hum at all!
>
> Have not tried magazines from any other years, so YMMV...
>
> 73,
> Dale - WA8SRA
>
> On Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 4:09 PM Nate Bargmann <n0nb at n0nb.us> wrote:
>
> > * On 2020 24 Apr 11:50 -0500, inventor61 . wrote:
> > > If someone has a better idea than mine for making these, I am all ears.
> >
> > No better idea.  I've read in times past of someone sandwiching some
> > compressible material between the transformer and the supply top cover
> > to quell or reduce the hum.  I have an RM-50M that hums in this manner
> > and fortunately it is not loud enough to keep me from listening to the
> > K3 at about 8 o'clock with external speakers.
> >
> > 73, Nate, N0NB
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