Actually ICOM went to some effort to incorporate QSK on their rigs plus they also added many features that are useful to cw operators. It isn't completely fair to say the don't care. It's just this o
Tom: Too many dits per second causes buffer overrun in the newer firmware. Hows that for a guess? Steve N4LQ -- Original Message -- From: "Tommy" <aldermant@alltel.net> To: <tentec@contesting.com> Se
Bill. If you like to fiddle with computers then get the Jupiter. It's half computer anyway. If you prefer just pure radio, get an Omni VI+. Keep in mind that the Omni's are not general coverage rigs
P2 has no filter options in the first IF stage, no sidetone/off-set compensation, display reads center freq. instead of offset forcing you to mentally calculate actual freq (this needs verfying) No k
Great...I wasn't sure if they had progressed that far or not at the time. The P2 is a wonderful rig. The only thing you need to watch out for is not letting your supply voltage slip down much below 1
Not exactly on topic but QST does have TenTec ads in it. I got my new SEPT QST today and on the front cover it says "A high quality speaker system". I can't find the article. Maybe I'm loosing it. Ca
Seems like the dashes are too short on the 6's internal keyer. Throws off my timming and sound jerky on the air. Maybe it's not exactly 3:1 or maybe the rest of them are all off, dunno. Steve N4LQ --
Be careful with that Ameritron QSK5. It can blow the front end right out of a modern rig. I know. I found out the hard way! I've talked to other that had the same bad experience. Steve
Here's the results of a little experiment I did. Recently I acquired a digital sound level meter and have conducted some very revealing test. My first experiment was to investigate the effect of cw c
It didn't matter. I was comparing receivers and they were set up equally. Same antenna. Same speaker etc. It didn't matter what caused the clicks then. Sure we can blame it on the 930's spurious prod
Ok but somehow I got the idea that the clicks were actually generated within the DSP stage. When using headphones I can hear what sounds like a bit of AGC overshoot on the PRO. A thumpy sound on cw.
Not actually. First of all....The clicks aren't necessairly really there. The Icom is producing the noise on it's own. Second...The clicks can either distract, confuse or cover up a desired signal. D
Tom: Just to get some clarification on the QSK issue; When you say a rig won't run QSK above a certain speed, are you saying it won't key that fast or that you can't hear between the characters or bo
My QSK 5 was the outboard version. The instruction manual was rather vague on how to hook the thing up. I believe it backfired some RF into the rig's front end. After that experience I decided not to
In many modern rigs the DSP is used to generate the cw and provide wave shaping which is adjustable in the menu. It can also provide sidetone and function as the keyer. Steve
Have you ever checked out a Kenwood's QSK Tom? What about the TS-950sdx? I've never tried one. My 930 has great sounding qsk but I do prefer the sound of the Omni 6's receiver. Maybe we can combine t
Possibly but it would be difficult to get the RF gain of both rigs set the same. There are probably many ways of comparing rigs that the ARRL never though of. My point here is to demonstrate that som