Some people may not mind a big honking external contact Potter & Brumfield
smacking away while they are sending. To me...any sound of a relay equates
to non QSK.
The Omni VI+ relay (not the external amp one) is plenty audible.
...Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Duane A Calvin" <ac5aa@juno.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 2:13 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Omni VI+ destined as a classic?
> A reed relay is used in the VI+ for T/R switching, but it is very quiet,
> and I have no idea why someone would say a rig is "not QSK" if they can
> hear a relay. One has no bearing on the other.
>
> 73, Duane
>
>
> On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 07:09:25 -1000 Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@verizon.net>
> writes:
> > >
> > >
> > >But QSK (in my book) it did not have. Neither does the OMNI VI+!
> > >The Argonaut V does...and so does the Elecraft K1.
> > >If I hear a relay, I am always thinking if it is gonna click before
> > I start
> > >sending again...That is what I consider non-QSK.
> > >
> > >
> > I don't hear a relay with my Omni VI, and my hearing is still pretty
> >
> > good. I consider my Omni VI to have the best QSK I have ever used. I
> >
> > have not operated an Argonaut or K1. I wonder if you had the
> > "amplifier
> > relay" turned on unnecessarily in your Omni VI.
> >
> > DE N6KB
> >
> >
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>
> Duane Calvin, AC5AA
> Austin, Texas
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