[TenTec] [Ten Tec] Pegasus keying...was More About Clix

[Steve Ellington]

Just to clairfy....Perfect code was simply using well spaced morse code
characters as an anology to a reference signal for determining what a good
carrier sounds like. I would think W1AW's code would be good enough for a
code reference but not so for keying.
As for the Pegasus...I was refering to the transmitted signal, not the
received. Listening to phase noise may be restful for some but transmitting
it is a different matter. Yes the Peg does have good receive audio when a
decent speaker is wired in. I wonder, is that the only ham rig ever made
without an external speaker jack?
Steve Ellington
N4LQ
----- Original Message -----
From: "WA3FIY" <wa3fiy@radioadv.com>
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Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 9:10 PM
Subject: [TenTec] [Ten Tec] Pegasus keying...was More About Clix


> On 31 Jan 2002, at 18:08, Steve Ellington wrote:
>
> > Train your ear by establishing a clean point of reference then find a
> > way to alternate between the reference and the test model. It is much
> > like learning the code. We should listen to perfect code and judge
> > other fist by that reference.
>
> The problem here as I see it is the definition of "perfect code".   I
> honestly don't have any idea how to define that, or for that matter,
> even where to find it so "I'll know it when I hear it."
>
> Someone recently posted a comment here about an old time
> commercial operator that judged the quality of his receivers by the
> ability to listen to them hour on end without fatigue.  That may come
> about as close as anything to describing the "perfect code" we all
> seek.
>
> If it does, my Pegasus and Jupiter are clearly the winners among all
> of the rigs I've owned over the last nearly 40 years.  Rigs from
> hallicrafters, Hammarlund, Collins, Heath, Drake, National, Icom,
> Kenwood, Yaesu and quite a few from Ten Tec.  Many of those
> radios were the top of the line in their time and some would say many
> of them had "perfect code".   I still have many of them and can use
> them and compare them as I choose.
>
> I work CW, various digital modes, SSB and AM.  Yes, I hear the
> anomaly on the Pegasus CW note.  I suspect [suspect is the operative
> word here] it is mostly the result of phase noise in the high
> frequency oscillator and not the result of DSP.   But........whatever it's
> source, I DO NOT find it annoying.  Quite the contrary.  I find it
> soft and soothing and in spite of it's presence, or perhaps because
> of it, I find I can listen to the Pegasus for hours on end and want to
> come back for more.  This is without any doubt, the most pleasant
> sounding rig I have ever heard.   No..........I am not suggesting radio
> designers build in phase noise to make the radios better!     :-)    I am
> just saying that regardless of the results of clinical testing, this is a
> very nice sounding radio!
>
> I do find limitations in the internal audio amplifier of the Peg, so I
> connect mine through the line out to a pair of 6BQ5's in push pull
> delivering about 8 watts of very clean audio to an old hallicrafters
> R46-B speaker.   For headphone use, I use an old old pair of
> Lafayette F-700 'phones which are by far the best sounding 'phones
> I have around here.
>
> CW sounds just fine with a slight touch of hiss.  SSB is whole new
> world compared to ANY radio I have owned prior to this and I have
> not heard AM this good since listening to my SX-28 and SuperPro.
> For the first time my non-ham family members and friends comment
> on how clear the audio is from my radio.   In the past they just
> referred to it as a racket and wondered how I could make out
> anything that was being said.
>
> The excellent audio along with Carl's software and Ten Tec's
> service and pricing make this one of the finest values available IMHO.
>
> I understand the RX-340 has even better audio so I am really
> excited about the possibilities of the Orion.
>
> So, back to the question.............what is perfect code?   I still don't
> know..........but I DO know that in the Pegasus with N4PY control
> software and 8 watt tube amp driving a good speaker, I have a radio
> that begs to be used.   As a matter of fact............I think I hear it
> begging now!     Better answer that call.      :-)
>
> -73-
>
> -Lee-
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