Surely that wasn't on SSB?
:)
Best regards - Bry Carling
> On Feb 22, 2014, at 6:48 PM, Ed Purvis <wa4njy@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I had a Flex owner tell me I was 13 hertz off frequency. I should have asked
> him to help me convert that to cycles so I could adjust my radio.
>
> Ed
>
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>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Brian Carling <bcarling@cfl.rr.com>
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
> Cc: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2014 6:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] In praise of older technology
>
>
> 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
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