Rick,
I do not believe I am "out in right field."
Someone commented that all Ten Tec notch filters are useless. I disagreed.
73,
Bernie
> On Jul 20, 2017, at 02:30, rick@dj0ip.de <Rick@DJ0IP.de> wrote:
>
> You guys are all out in right field.
>
> No radio's auto notch filter works in CW mode.
> They cannot distinguish between the useful tone and the disturbing tone.
>
> And yes, in that case, a manual notch filter is indeed better, but show me a
> radio built today that has one.
>
> I find the Eagle's notch filter effective on SSB.
>
> 73
> Rick, DJ0IP
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Bernie
> Skoch via TenTec
> Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2017 3:21 AM
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
> Cc: Bernie Skoch; w2iy@verizon.net
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] notch filter for Eagle?
>
> "It's sort of useless, like all Ten Tec notch filters..."
>
> I _LOVE_ my Orion II notch filter!
>
> The automatic feature is good, but the manual one is about the best I've
> ever used.
>
> 73,
> Bernie
>
>> On Jul 19, 2017, at 16:33, Gary F <dukeshifi@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>> The Eagle does have a notch function. I don't recall how to activate it
> but it is in the manual.
>>
>> It's sort of useless, like all Ten Tec notch filters, since it is outside
> the AGC loop, so, while it does not have the carrier, it also attenuated
> your desired signal by about as much as it reduces the carrier.
>>
>> The reduction to 20 watts in Tune is self-defense. Orion's do it too. This
> is to prevent the presence of full 100 watts into a mismatch. It is good
> policy.
>>
>> Orion's had an option in which you could press the Power button, I
> believe, to get 100 watts in Tune after match had been reached.
>>
>> Red arid green the A//B VFO, there really is no A or B VFO in the
> traditional sense and Eagle only has one tuning knob. Therefore, the A/B
> indicator serves no function in transceive operation. In split operation,
> that indicator should flip when going fro RX to TX to tell you which
> displayed frequency is the TX frequency.
>>
>> Gary
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>>> On Jul 19, 2017, at 3:05 PM, Michael Tortorella <w2iy@verizon.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all, I am hearing an awful lot of steady carrier signals up here in
> the
>>> frozen north of Downeast Maine. Most are not very strong and they go
> away
>>> when I disconnect the antenna so they are external to the radio.
>>> Today I am chasing TR8CA on 20 CW, he is way down in the noise, and
>>> 100 Hz away from one of these carriers. Sure would be nice to have
>>> something like a notch filter to help in situations like these but I
>>> could not see anywhere in the manual or front panel where I could
>>> notch the offending carrier. Is there any list wisdom on this?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On another note, I did contact service at TT last week with my
>>> question about power out in autotune; after only a few days delay I
>>> got an answer that the power out in autotune is 20 watts even though
>>> the power output shown on the display is 100. This seems not quite
>>> right from a human factors point of view, maybe there can be a
>>> firmware fix? Also, when exchanging VFOs, the A,B labels do not
>>> change even when the B vfo is in large type at the top of the
>>> display. I find this confusing. OK, I guess this turned into a
>>> longer letter about a couple of other things besides notch filtering,
>>> so please excuse my prolixity and thank for the BW. Any suggestions
> appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks and 73, Mike W2IY
>>>
>>>
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