Re: [TenTec] Sidetone only for Omni 6+ in CW mode?

["DAVID HELLER" <dtx@verizon.net>]

I checked my VI with a sensitive output meter - with the "power" pot at full 
CCW and even with quite a few degrees CW from the stop the pin stayed at 
zero.  Not that switching the antenna to dummy load can do any harm, of 
course.  K3TX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dr. Gerald N. Johnson" <geraldj@weather.net>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2010 9:30 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Sidetone only for Omni 6+ in CW mode?


> On 3/7/2010 8:06 PM, Hank Garretson wrote:
> > Can anyone tell me the trick for disabling transmit in the CW mode for 
> > bug
> > > adjustment or code practice using the sidetone oscillator with the Omni 
> > > 6+?
> > Turn Power all the way counterclockwise?
> But that's still a few watts. Feed that to a shielded dummy load.
> > Ski Exuberantly,
> >
> > Hank, W6SX
> >
> > Mammoth Lakes, California
> >
> > Elevation 8083 feet in John Muir's Range of Light
> 73, Jerry, K0CQ
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