[TenTec] DSP and older Ten Tecs

[Ed and Janet]

I also bought one of these units and it is not good for CW so I sent it back
I don't work phone so don't know, they may work good there.  Ed K7UC
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Brown" <ken.d.brown at verizon.net>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 8:19 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] DSP and older Ten Tecs


>
> > The ClearSpeech unit
> >analyzes the sound and does a very good job of removing any steady noise
in
> >about a second, hetrodynes included.
> >
> It
>
> >responds slow enough that it can be used with CW that isn't too fast, but
I
> >prefer to shut it off and just tighten the filtering for that and RTTY.
> >
> I have heard, from a local ham who tried one, that for a CW operator
> this is not a desireable product.
>
> > In
> >my case the proximity of the circuitry to the big power supply
transformer
> >resulted in induced hum, but the DSP kills that as well in about a second
> >when the power is turned on.
> >
> If the DSP is killing the induced hum, then you are giving up some of
> the DSP's dynamic range. If you could do some shielding or balancing to
> get rid of that hum using traditional methods, so that the DSP does not
> have to do that work, then the DSP might work even better.
>
> DE N6KB
>
>
>
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