Mty newly acquired Corsair I has the same Quirk. Made me crazy for about 20
minutes until I finally switched sidebands. I thought everyone on 17 meters was
speaking french.
--- Mike Michon <michon@eatel.net> wrote:
>
> Mine too, had a friend tell me the rig was designed before the warc band
> usb/lsb was decided and they guessed wrong. Only a minor aggravation.
>
> Mike Michon
> AB5XP
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Reid <kh7m@hsa-kauai.net>
> To: tentec@contesting.com <tentec@contesting.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Date: Thursday, April 26, 2001 4:48 PM
> Subject: [TenTec] Coorsair II "Quirk"
>
>
> >
> >Hi,
> >
> >Listened to several SSB signals today; 15 M seems best of the
> >upper bands mid-day. Worked JA1CG with very strong signals.
> >
> >Then went to 17 M to check prop there. Discovered that to
> >demodulate SSB signals, I had to switch to SSB-R! Would
> >not become readable as on 20 and 15 with the mode switch
> >at SSB-N (normal). Per the Corsair II, Mod. 561 manual,
> >the SSB-N should be correct for 17 M, as the rig evidently
> >is supposed to know that above 14M, all the SSB signals
> >are on USB.
> >
> >Is my Corsair different, somehow? Why does it need to be set
> >for SSB-R for 17, and SSB-N for the other bands above 20?
> >Evidently this rig believes that on 17M, LSB is the correct mode,
> >at least that is what works.
> >
> >73, Jim, KH7M
> >
> >
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