[TenTec] TT Titan and other TT QSK amp issues

[k8do]

My 6+ is used on a number of different amps without any problems via the
relay jack with it's adjustable delay...  When I go barefoot I just hit the
switch on the front for full qsk...

Denny
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dale L Martin" <kg5u@hal-pc.org>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 12:11 AM
Subject: RE: [TenTec] TT Titan and other TT QSK amp issues


>
>
> Are you guys talking about the using the TX OUT and TX EN lines?  Why
aren't
> you using RELAY output jack?  Doesn't that have the delay you need?  The
> RELAY functions are described on page, 3-12, paragraph 3-6.15 RELAY
[N.O.].
>
> 73,
> dale, kg5u
>
> > Ohmagosh, Tom, you're right!  I never would have guessed that.  Oh
> > well...
> >
> >         73,  Duane
> >
> > On Thu, 18 Jan 2001 20:03:12 -0600 "Tom Branch" <tom.branch@qth.com>
> > writes:
> > > Duane,
> > >
> > > I just tried it here with my Omni 6 and Centurion--relays still
> > > operate in
> > > full-QSK regardless of QSK setting...
> > >
> > > 73 de Tom, K4NR
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Duane A Calvin <ac5aa@juno.com>
> > > To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> > > Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 7:33 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [TenTec] TT Titan and other TT QSK amp issues
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Why not just set your rig to "slow QSK"  (or slow break-in).
> > > >
> > > >         73,  Duane  AC5AA
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, 18 Jan 2001 08:52:38 -0800 (PST) agtaylor@llnl.gov
> > > writes:
> > > > >
> > > > > I have had a TT Titan amp for about 4 years now and find it to
> > > be a
> > > > > solid reliable amp with great QSK. Of late I have been doing
> > > more
> > > > > contesting than previously and find that I fear for the vacuum
> > > > > relay
> > > > > when used at 35+/- wpm in an extended contesting situation. I
> > > have
> > > > > devised a simple scheme that would allow the PTT output from my
> > > > > logging program (TRLog / 486 PC) to key the amp on rather than
> > > > > follow
> > > > > the actual transmitted signal, etc. In that way, an outgoing CQ
> > > > > (and there tend to be plenty of them) , through which one is
> > > not
> > > > > really likely to listen anyway, is not going to add to the
> > > wear/tear
> > > > > on
> > > > > the vacuum relay. It is not in final form: basically I have
> > > worked
> > > > > out suitable logic for my particular needs and operating
> > > > > environment.
> > > > > The vacuum relays aren't noiseless either, so quieting the
> > > shack
> > > > > while operating is also an issue.
> > > > >
> > > > > The question for this reflector is this. Has this sort of thing
> > > > > been
> > > > > done before? If so I could, perhaps, benefit from their work.
> > > > >
> > > > > K7GT  Allan
> > > > >
> > > > >
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> > > >
> > > > Duane A. Calvin, AC5AA
> > > > Austin, Texas
> > > > ac5aa@juno.com -or- ac5aa@earthlink.net
> > > > Day:  dacalvin@us.ibm.com
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> >
> >
> > Duane A. Calvin, AC5AA
> > Austin, Texas
> > ac5aa@juno.com -or- ac5aa@earthlink.net
> > Day:  dacalvin@us.ibm.com
> >
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