[TenTec] field day from hell

[Bwana Bob]

That's interesting, Bill. I didn't know that the blanker in the Argo
worked that way. I have a Scout and the noise blanker is excellent.
Someone should be able to run a comparison.

			73,

			Bob WB2VUF

Bill Fuqua wrote:
> 
> The Human ear and its associated processor (the human brain) works very
> well. I wonder if there has ever been a real study on the usefulness of DSP
> in communications situations where adaptive noise reduction is used. It
> perhaps may reduce strain and fatigue by performing some pre-filtering for
> the operator.
> 
> By the way. I never got an answer about the "noise blanker" in the new
> Argonaut V.
> 
> I was wanting to hear from someone who has been able to compare the noise
> blanking function of the Argonaut V with some other radio with an effective
> noise blanker. The one in the Argonaut V is not a real noise blanker. It
> uses the DSP. And by doing the noise pulses have been passed thru a fairly
> narrow bandpass filter that convolutes the high amplitude narrow pulses
> into low amplitude, long pulses that are difficult if in not impossible
> to  to actually blank out.
> 
> If someone can do a side by side comparison of the Argonaut V and another
> radio with a good noise blanker and email the results to  me, I would
> appreciate it. This is one reservation I have about buying an Argonaut V.
> 
> 73
> Bill wa4lav
> 
> 73
> Bill wa4lav
> 
> At 06:49 PM 8/5/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> >yep - should have checked my screet - it is CWget - sorry.  But I've found
> >that with DSP NR on my OMNI VI (in atmospheric noise conditions) and a
> >narrow filter, it performs well.  Not as good as a human ear, though.
> >
> >Dave
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com
> >[mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of David McClafferty
> >Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 1:51 PM
> >To: tentec at contesting.com
> >Subject: Re: [TenTec] field day from hell
> >
> >
> >A Google search only found CWget, no GetCW. I have
> >CWget and find it to be one of the best but it will
> >only copy really well when the signal is strong and
> >clean.
> >
> >Dave, VE1ADH
> >
> >  --- "David W LeJeune, Sr" <lejeuned at centurytel.net>
> >wrote: > Try GetCW - a google search will find it for
> >you.
> > > Freeware, and really
> > > works, except on really slow (10wpm) CW.
> > >
> > > Dave
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "David McClafferty" <ve1adh at yahoo.ca>
> > > To: <geraldj at isunet.net>; <tentec at contesting.com>
> > > Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 11:41 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [TenTec] field day from hell
> > >
> > >
> > > > I have tried all the CW software that I can find
> > > and I
> > > > think most of it is a waste of time. I learned to
> > > copy
> > > > on paper and when I got up to the fastest speed
> > > that I
> > > > could write it down, I thought using CW software
> > > might
> > > > be the asnwer. It works fine with a strong signal
> > > and
> > > > no QRN or QRM. I gave it up and am still working
> > > on
> > > > copying in my head.
> > > >
> > > > Dave. VE1ADH
> > > >
> > > >  --- "Dr. Gerald N. Johnson, electrical engineer"
> > > > <geraldj at isunet.net> wrote: > At that point, why
> > > not
> > > > have the computer copy, then
> > > > > the operator can
> > > > > take a long siesta and wander back to see how
> > > the
> > > > > contest went. Where's
> > > > > the OPERATOR SKILL in that? Like a local no code
> > > > > Extra who claims 100
> > > > > countries on CW but can't copy CW in the real
> > > world.
> > > > > Just spent the
> > > > > right money on computer software and computer
> > > > > controlled radios.
> > > > >
> > > > > The local logging software produced by ISU
> > > students
> > > > > hasn't been nearly
> > > > > so sophisticated and often takes more time to
> > > log
> > > > > than to make the
> > > > > contact, sometimes two or three times longer to
> > > log
> > > > > than to make
> > > > > contests. I ran much better scores on paper logs
> > > in
> > > > > the past. Besides I
> > > > > don't copy to keyboard nearly as fast or
> > > accurately
> > > > > as to paper.
> > > > >
> > > > > 73, Jerry, K0CQ
> > > > >
> > > > > --
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> > > > > electrical engineer.
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