Boy, I knew the ham population was getting older, but I didn't realize it
had gotten to this point.
; > )
Carl Moreschi N4PY
121 Little Bell Drive
Bell Mountain
Hays, NC 28635
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Kinyon" <w7ts@comcast.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 11:17 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] CW Tuning with Omni 6 Plus
> "Works every time and has for 2,000 years or more"
> Not for me,
> when I was in Greece in 153 AD, I used that technique and a Roman station
said I was only III II IX because I was not 0 beat.
> 73,
> Ken W7TS
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]On Behalf Of wo8l@aol.com
> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 20:55
> To: tentec@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] CW Tuning with Omni 6 Plus
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> Weird.
>
>
>
> I tune my OMNI VI Plus so that I'm on the same frequency as the station I
want to work. Just tune the main tuning knob and listen. When there, then
I transmit. Works every time and has for 2,000 years or more.
>
>
>
> Weird.
>
> --Rick
> WO8L
> North Carolina
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Duffer <dufferjames@hotmail.com>
> To: tentec@contesting.com
> Sent: Thu, 31 May 2007 4:37 pm
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] CW Tuning with Omni 6 Plus
>
>
>
>
>
> nip
> When the "cw" button is pushed you get a sidetone. While holding down
> this button you move your dial until your target's tone is "beating"
> against your sidetone. When you move the dial enough so that your sidetone
> no longer "beats" and the tones are "insync" they become "one". When two
> tones become "one" the tone gets louder. This is "zero beat". Even having
> just "beating" is close enough for govt work.
> nip
> For many years I have been under the impression that "zero beating" was
the
> ethod of beating (hetrodyning) of two frequencies bringing their
difference
> own to the audible range and adjusting one to match the frequency of the
> ther so that the two tones beat against each other producing "zero" out.
> hus the term zero beat. Not a louder tone.
> de wd4air
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