Aha! I noticed the same thing last night! I set my "slow" AGC to some s l o w values (1 dB per second and 1 s hang time), but nothing changes in accordance with the settings. I, too, will go back to
I listened carefully, suspecting that the meter no longer showed the AGC action, which is why I chose the extreme values. I couldn't detect the slow action by ear, but I'll listen again... 73, Kim N5
I just did a careful by-ear test and Barry is absolutely correct: the AGC *DOES,* indeed, behave exactly as it should under 3.033xa. As has been pointed out here and, apparently earlier, the S-meter
Oh, I wouldn't be quite that harsh. I am curious, though, about why TT chose to do it this way. 73, Kim N5OP "People that make music together cannot be enemies, at least as long as the music lasts."
Good enough for me! In this sense, the S-meter is a real "signal strength meter" and not an AGC voltage meter. 73, Kim N5OP Based on the development of the S meter system by Art Collins of Collins Ra
To make sure I understand this, the S-meter calibration procedure for the O II v3.033xa firmware does nothing more or less than set the voltages the DSP unit must send to the S-meter to get specific
Hi John, Thanks for the personal reply! I'm glad I understand the process. Also, thanks for all your hard work; it shows! 73, Kim N5OP "People that make music together cannot be enemies, at least as
By definition, no. You almost certainly are enjoying an unbalanced current on your feed line, likely a current on the outside of the coax shield causing an erroneous reading. You'll need to alleviate
Maybe "unun" and "balun" don't really apply here. Walt Maxwell, W2DU, and Lew McCoy, W1ICP, were famously at odds about whether the W2DU "balun" was really a balun or something else. Walt said yes, L
But what about the third "ground" conductor between the "hot" and "neutral" lines? Won't TNT screw things up? Kim N5OP "People that make music together cannot be enemies, at least as long as the musi
Hi Bob, Well, I "gots to know:" where did you get those? 73, Kim N5OP Now with the series resistors then add the HP impedance to ground and one has a voltage divider. The larger the series resistor v
Once again, I'm reminded of why I like CW so much... Kim N5OP With one of my high tech radios when the band is quite and there's little activity, very often I'll start a QSO at some odd ball number s
I have nabbed a remarkably cheap computer headset that is spoken of highly by some on the list. It has the standard 3.5 mm stereo plugs, one for the head set and one for the electret microphone. Does
I don't use a long wire antenna, but I've found that the internal tuner can match most of what's presented to it. It's not a panacea nor is it a Johnson Matchbox, but it does pretty well. 73, N5OP "P
FAR Circuits still offers their "RF Proof 30 A Power Supply" regulator board. It's only the PCB -- you need to find the parts and stuff the board. It's based on an article in the 1988 ARRL Handbook.
I have a very early AL-80A (S/N 0095) in which I also had a very early internal QSK-5 switch (S/N 0005). I had similar problems with it, but finally got it under control by increasing the reverse bia
Truthfully, I don't share the irritation that you describe. Sure! I would like to see a few more.better bells and whistles on the display. But, I've become accustomed to the various niggles and gnats
Being an Official Olde Fahrt (QCWA and OOTC member) I took all my tests under the baleful eye of the FCC. When I took my Extra test, I brought my Vibroplex and the wedge contacts, so I could use just
The QCWA is a bit... Quaint. But, their newsletter does occasionally have interesting historical articles. Most of the members are way older than I am (I'm 56), retired (I'm far from that) and are be