[TenTec] DSP in CW transmit?

[n4lq]

Have you ever checked out a Kenwood's QSK Tom? What about the TS-950sdx? 
I've never tried one. My 930 has great sounding qsk but I do prefer the 
sound of the Omni 6's receiver. Maybe we can combine them.
Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: "Tommy" <aldermant at alltel.net>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 09:48:42 -0400
Subject: Re: [TenTec] DSP in CW transmit?

> >From what little I know, DSP has a lot to do with transmitting a
> signal. In
> the Orion, I think it is used to adjust the Tr/Tf of the transmitted
> wave
> form. TT also, starting with the Omni 6,  uses the DSP to generate the
> sidetone, and evidentially that takes time, thus the rig is not able to
> run
> full QSK at the faster speeds because it has to QRX for the DSP to do
> it's
> thing. The more DSP or digital crap you put into a radio design, the
> more
> bells and whistles you can sell...all at the expense of performance.
> And the
> manufacturer is caught up in the rat race....I'm  sure you recall all
> the
> complaining about a non-color screen...can you imagine the grief TT
> would
> have taken if they didn't have DSP? You would have thought the end of
> the
> world was here.
> 
> Do you recall the very raspy square wave sidetone generated in the
> Corsair?
> Well, it's gone, and the trade off was slower QSK. Guess they didn't
> know
> how to build a simple sine wave generator? Or was  it cheaper to just
> use
> DSP and let CW performance drop?
> 
> Tom - W4BQF
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <K4IA at aol.com>
> To: <tentec at contesting.com>
> Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 8:09 AM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] DSP in CW transmit?
> 
> 
> > I don't understand what DSP has to do with transmitting a CW signal. 
>  I
> am
> > not arguing "it ain't so" but could someone explain what is happening
> here?
> >
> > k4ia
> > Craig  "Buck"
> > Fredericksburg, Virginia USA
> >
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