To improve the birdie issue on the TS-2000, be sure to keep your antennas well away from the radio. I found the birdie less serious recently, now that my antennas are 100' away.
73, Bruce VE9QRP On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 4:28 PM, i8cvs <[email protected]> wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: "AMSAT" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2010 8:45 PM > Subject: [amsat-bb] AO27/TS2000 >> >> >> Just installed a preamp Ar2 { Advance Reciever Research) M# MSP432DG-160 > and the birdy that the TS2000 has on AO27 recieve is now gone and I was able > to hear the bird from start of the pass to the end.Why ,I do not know, but > the preamp seems to kill the birdy . Has anyone found this to be the same. >> >> WA4HFN Damon >> _______________________________________________ > > Hi Damon, WA4HFN > > The pramplifier "seems" to kill the birdy because the preamplifier gain is > very high and so the birdy is belove the noise introduced by the > preamplifier itself. > > I guess that without any signal on the band your S meter reading is well > above S-9 only because of the preamplifier noise that is apparently killing > the birdy. > > If you reduce the gain of your preamplifier to get an S-meter reading of say > S-1 or S-2 without any signal on the band then the birdy will appear again. > > Best 73" de > > i8CVS Domenico > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > -- http://ve9qrp.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
