[TenTec] omni v short dits

Don Watters ve1bn at eastlink.ca
Sat Jul 24 19:45:26 EDT 2004


Whatever, Steve.  Please don't  take me for a fool.  Guess I am just a lucky
fellow
with a CMOS Superkeyer 3 which can compensate keying in various rigs.   Ever
 try one?  Was a cmcl op, used a bug for 40 years from early ham days in
1946
until I sold my little Zephyr 5 years ago. I've used the CMOS for the past
9.

Guess I'm a true blue CW op too!!     I know you don't tighten the dits up
on a bug
as close as suggested.

Keying compensation allows the make to be delayed so that the start of the
rig's
keying envelope matches the keyer.   The weight control is different.  It
shortens
the spacing of characters, sort of runs them together if too much weight is
set.  Big
difference.  These are heard in the Ten-Tec sidetones.

Was just suggesting a possible solution, but forget it OM,  you apparently
already
have the answers....

By the way, no offence taken or meant.

73 -  Don  VE1BN at eastlink.com

Gosh. just seems to do the job.      ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve N4LQ" <n4lq at iglou.com>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2004 8:06 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] omni v short dits


> Keying compensation? Delay? Sounds like a line from the K3 manual. I
suppose
> if he had a  keyer he could crank up the weight  but I'm not sure the ole
> boy owns one. He's a true, blue cw op! Bug only! BTW: That "keying
> compensation" is just another weight control. The only difference in that
> and a regular weight control on a Curtis keyer is the fact that it doesn't
> affect the sidetone (which few people use anyway).
> Steve N4LQ
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Don Watters" <ve1bn at eastlink.ca>
> To: <tentec at contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2004 6:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] omni v short dits
>
>
> > Hi Steve -
> >
> > Any way he can set the keying compensation?   I found my Paragon II
needed
> > about 15 mS delay to give a smooth keying characteristic. No shortened
> makes
> > or clicks.  Worth a try if he can set it up.
> >
> > 73 -  Don,  VE1BN at eastlink.ca
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Steve N4LQ" <n4lq at iglou.com>
> > To: <tentec at contesting.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2004 6:30 PM
> > Subject: [TenTec] omni v short dits
> >
> >
> > A friend of mine has an Omni V and he is trying to use a bug however the
> > dits are being chopped so badly that he can't use it. I've never had a
> > TenTec rig that chopped dits like this one. I've hear him on the air and
> > even with his dit weight screwed to almost touching, he sounds horrible.
> > It's like something is wrong in the keying circuit. Has anyone
experienced
> > this?
> >
> > Steve N4LQ
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