Hi Rick,
Thanks, I am still learning to use the Eagle well. The case I was worrying
over had a <s1 signal within about 50 Hz of one of these s2 carriers, would
have taken a very steady hand to set an adjustable notch filter in this
case, and the desired signal would have probably fallen so far into the
valley as to be unhearable anyway. In any case, the band faded before I
could work him (TR8CA), and he was not hearing any USA stations anyway so I
probably had no chance regardless.
NA-055 is Mt. Desert Island in Maine, QTH is in Southwest Harbor on Somes
Sound. Very relaxing here, certainly beats NJ in the summertime. But the
bands are quiet, I hear 2 or 3 strong signals and nothing else in most
cases. Must be reflection off some random ionized cloud that goes away
after a short while. If you have June 2016 CQ magazine the cover photo is
my antenna looking out over Somes Sound.
73
Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
rick@dj0ip.de
Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2017 11:16 AM
To: w2iy@verizon.net; 'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'
Subject: Re: [TenTec] notch filter for Eagle?
Mike,
You are right. No auto-notch can replace the tunable manual notch on CW.
However if you run the 300 Hz roofing filter on the Eagle and crank its
passband filter down to 100 Hz, in most cases you won't need a notch filter.
In my little radio I can go down to 50 hz or even less if need be. But then
the other guy better not drift - HI.
Where is NA-055?
Have fun in the IOTA contest. I hope I can find time to work it. Haven't
worked it for many years. This year I supplied antennas to two expedition
stations participating in the contest, one is CR3CW (or maybe CR5CW) and the
other is OZ/DL5CW. Two years ago OZ/DL5CW took first place overall
World-Wide in his class using a prototype antenna that I loaned him. Now he
and CR3CW are using production models of the antenna.
If I get on, it will be QRP with my little Aerial-51 SKY-SDR and my
Aerial-51 Model 807 antenna. It's only 5w so working NA-055 with today's
lousy condx will be a challenge.
Gud Luk in the TEST.
Rick
-----Original Message-----
From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Michael
Tortorella
Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2017 4:24 PM
To: 'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'
Subject: Re: [TenTec] notch filter for Eagle?
Well this has certainly developed into an interesting thread but as the
poster of the original question, I am still in the dark. It appears that
there is no notch function (in the Eagle) for CW. If so, it's hard for me
to see how this could be superior to an adjustable notch which I could
employ on CW. I am still stuck with all these doggone carriers. Most are
pretty weak (s2 or less) but there is one around 14030 that is up around s7
and is pretty annoying. Well, this is just a vacation setup so I will learn
to live with it for a few more weeks.
BTW, if anyone is chasing IOTA counters, I am on NA-055 and plan to operate
in the contest at end of July.
73
Mike W2IY
-----Original Message-----
From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Dukes HiFi
Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2017 10:03 AM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Cc: Bernie Skoch
Subject: Re: [TenTec] notch filter for Eagle?
In side-by-side comparison, an Icon IC-756 Pro2 notch filter versus an
Orion/Eagle type notch filter, using my Pro 2 manual notch filter (which
also works in CW, and is inside the AGC loop), I can hear weak but desired
signals far more easily with the otherwise inferior Pro 2 than I can with
the otherwise superior Orion/Eagle. This is especially true when the
offending carrier is keyed, since the Pro 2 receiver is not constantly
adjusting gain to compensate for the keyed offending carrier.
One can SORT of obtain similar results by turning off the AGC in the
Orion/Eagle when using the notch filter as long as you don't need any AGC
action.
Gary
> On Jul 20, 2017, at 8:34 AM, Bernie Skoch via TenTec
<tentec@contesting.com> wrote:
>
> 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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