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Re: [TenTec] In praise of older technology

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] In praise of older technology
From: Brian Carling <bcarling@cfl.rr.com>
Reply-to: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2014 18:14:37 -0500
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How does a digital readout help you to get on the same frequency any better 
than an analog one ? If you can't hear when a human voice sounds natural then a 
digital won't help.

Best regards - Bry Carling



> On Feb 22, 2014, at 6:01 PM, k6jek <k6jek@comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> I know. As an aficionado of vintage equipment I agree in spirt. But on SSB it 
> really is delightful to talk with people who are actually on frequency, a 
> rarity with vintage gear but the norm now with new equipment. People just 
> sound so much more human when their speech isn't shifted 30 Hz or 20 or even 
> 10. 
> 
> I have a Corsair (I) and have not considered replacing the PTO with a DDS 
> unit but might just find a way to get a better read of my actual frequency. 
> Shouldn't be hard. That way I can talk with my buddies on their Flex Radios 
> (*), ICOM 7600's and such without annoying them while still enjoying my fine 
> old stuff.
> 
> Jon, K6JEK
> 
> * I have all that modern stuff too, an SDR, OMNI VII etc. I just don't like 
> it much. Heck, I think my favorites are the tube pieces from '50's.
> 
>> On Feb 22, 2014, at 2:44 PM, Ken Brown wrote:
>> 
>> I remember when digital frequency readouts (the kind using an electronic 
>> counter, not the kind on a R-390) started appearing on ham gear. Most people 
>> (myself included) just had to have it. We never needed it before. There were 
>> easy enough reliable methods to make sure we stayed inside our band (or 
>> sub-band) limits, but for some reason it seemed like a digital display of 
>> our frequency became a necessity.
>> 
>> DE N6KB
>> 
>>> On 2/22/2014 11:14 AM, Mike Bryce wrote:
>>> I guess it was a year ago I put in a DDS replacement for the PTO. Rock 
>>> solid. Dual VFOs, speed sensitive tuning, all kinds of goodies.
>>> 
>>> I took it out and the analog PTO back in.
>>> 
>>> Yep, it didn’t have the same feel. It (the DDS) made all kinds of noise 
>>> when no antenna was connected.
>>> 
>>> Sometimes, and this was one of them, older really is better
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Mike, WB8VGE
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>>> J e e p
>>> o|||||||o
>>> 
>>> A man with one clock knows what time it is. A man with two clocks is never 
>>> sure.
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