[TenTec] Re: ORION headphone clicks - the fix!

[Ron Notarius WN3VAW]

Both in and out of contests, I've operated many PTT radios in CW mode over
the years, going back to a Hot Water 100 & a modified Hallicrafters HT-37.

I've also operated, both in and out of contests, many Ten Tec rigs including
both Argosys, an Argonaut 515, a Corsair I, and most recently (thanks to
W3WH) an Orion.

Sorry Mario, I'm with Scott on this one.  It's an adjustment if you're used
to PTT CW, but it's well worth it.  IMHO, Ten Tec has it right, QSK is
better.  But, as is true of many other things, that is a matter of personal
taste and personal opinion, YMMV, VWPBL(sorry TN)!

73, ron wn3vaw

Was the Lone Ranger's nephew's horse really named Victor?
(in memory of K2ORS)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Marijan Miletic, S56A" <s56a at bit.si>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 6:24 PM
Subject: [TenTec] Re: ORION headphone clicks - the fix!


DH0GHU> So, it's really not an ORION problem, it's just a general
behaviour..

QSK puts a lot of strain on the operator at poor S/N ratios.  The only
justification for QSK was given to me by W0UN who claimed that he could hear
his echo on 10 m while rotating his big stacked Yagis.  Monitor is loud and
clear, lot of noise is heard in-between.  This is too high a price to pay in
a long contests.  Whole SO2R approach was developed from flawless PC
transmission which should not be monitored at all but focus transferred to
other radio.  Other thing is fast AGC which does a lot of RX pumping during
CW.  One can only add oversensitive NB to that.  I know that audio psyhology
is not important to FOC but I know a few ham operators with impaired
hearing.  I wonder how W4PA operated two Orion's in CQ WW CW SO2R mode?
Fool BK :-)))

73 de Mario, S56A, N1YU



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