I have an IC7000 hooked up to a SignaLink that I use for JT-65. On the evening of October 30, 2014, I had to reduce the Rx level on the SignaLink by a factor of 5 to keep the signals from being "smear

The SignaLink Rx knob has 11 "ticks" on it. I had been running with the pre-amp on, and the Rx set to tick #10 for more than a year (1000+ JT65 contacts). If I reduced the setting to below 9, the JT65

With the antenna disconnected and the preamp on, I get broadband static when I turn the SignaLink Rx above 6. This static shows up in the JT65-HF waterfall. Previously, for the past year, the waterfal

I wish it was just a pre-amp thing. For a year, I had been using the IC7000 pre-amp with SignaLink Rx=9 (max=11). It worked fine, I had about 1000 JT65-HF contacts. Starting 10 days ago I had to turn

I disconnected everything except the DC power, and set Fil to 2.1Khz, and mode to USB. The static hiss is about the same (moderately loud) on all bands, including VHF and UHF. The pre-amp makes each b

Sorry, I was not entirely clear in my previous response. The S7 noise was when the antenna was re-connected, at about 9PM local time. When I disconnect the antenna, it goes to S0. I tried another cabl

I get S7 running full clockwise. thanks, Mike k0grc