[TenTec] TT Orion: Also SEMI-BK-IN possible ?

[Sinisa Hristov]

"Paul Christensen, Esq." wrote:

> 1) Specifically, what is the root problem that needs correction?

Enable PTT functionality for CW,
just like all the other manufacturers
have been doing for decades.


> 2) What 5-cent change are you referring to?

It may range from zero cents (firmware change)
to a resistor/diode/wire or so. Nothing more than that.


> 3) What is the outcome of the 5-cent change?

a) PTT would enable people to use existing non-QSK amplifiers;
b) PTT would enable using non-QSK amplifiers without
     delaying reception as caused by Semi-BK-In;
c) PTT would save relays on QSK amplifiers.


> 4) What is it in your proposal that cannot be remedied either with Orion's
> semi-break-in, QSK, or TX OUT/TX EN amplifier enabling system?

Without PTT you can have some of a), b) or c) above, but not all of them.

This is very significant to people not wishing to:
a) buy another amplifier just to conform to TenTec QSK dogma;
c) miss half-a-callsign on RX due to Semi-BK-In delay;
b) burn relays on QSK amplifiers.

The same thing is completely irrelevant to other people who do not care about:
a) buying another amplifier just to conform to TenTec QSK dogma;
c) or do not care about misssing half-a-callsign on RX due to Semi-BK-In delay;
b) or do not care about burning QSK relays.

So, technically, it's very simple.

Emotionally it may not be so simple,
as this unnecessarily heated discussion shows.


73,

Sinisa  YT1NT, VA3TTN