Certainly, don't bother using the ClearTone on SSB. It's a CW man's
speaker! You want a peaky response on CW.
Steve N4LQ
----- Original Message -----
From: <ac5aa@juno.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, November 29, 1999 5:35 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Pegasus speaker output
>
> Normally I'm a big fan of "communications" headphones and speakers,
but
> after taking my first stint at HF mobile (IC706 / Outbacker 500)
using an
> MFJ Cleartone speaker, I'm less than enamored. For SSB it seemed to
have
> very peaky response which worked fine on some voices and noticeably
> poorly on others. I'm going to have to try another speaker to see
if my
> ears have finally cashed in or if it was tone was not-so-clear
through
> the MFJ. Ah, but that's the fun of ham radio, right?
>
> 73, Duane
>
> On Sun, 28 Nov 1999 21:57:14 -0500 John/K4WJ <k4wj@att.net> writes:
> >
> > At 05:48 PM 11/28/99 -0500, Steve Ellington N4LQ wrote:
> >
> > >Lately, i've been using a mil surplus speaker called the LS-166,
> > available
> > >from Fair Radio. The thing sounds super on cw because of it's
> > narrow
> > >response and clear sound. IT's even better than the MFJ ClearTone
> > speaker. 73
> > >Steve N4LQ
> >
> > Arrrrgggghhhhh! Steve, don't tell me these things. Now I'm going
to
> > check
> > out the LS-166 and probably purchase one so I can compare it to
the
> > MFJ
> > ClearTone. :-)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 73..de John/K4WJ
> > ***********************************************************
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> > QTH 26 00 51 N
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> Duane A. Calvin, AC5AA
> Austin, Texas
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