[TenTec] omni v short dits

[Steve N4LQ]

Now how did this go from the Omni V to the Orion? Hey Toby....Crank that
baby up to 68 wpm and listen close for some odd dits!

Steve N4LQ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Toby Pennington" <toby423 at earthlink.net>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2004 11:48 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] omni v short dits


> I am using cw type and cw get and just got through testing the Orion at 52
> wpm and did not notice anything wrong with the sending at all. I went down
> to 42 wpm and the sent cw was perfect, so I am not experiencing that
problem
> here. Toby W4CAK
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Duane A Calvin" <ac5aa at juno.com>
> To: <tentec at contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2004 8:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] omni v short dits
>
>
> > "The Orion is quite unstable at speeds over about 42 wpm . . . .
> >
> > Ralph Nader will write a book about it soon!  Tommy, is that with the
> > internal keyer, external, or either one?
> >
> >         73,  Duane
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 24 Jul 2004 19:44:16 -0400 "Tommy" <aldermant at alltel.net>
writes:
> > > I've been looking for you on 40m!
> > >
> > > Yes. I recently bought a used Omni 6 Plus and found out that it had
> > > a
> > > 'timing problem'. When sending the letter 'U', the first dot would
> > > be
> > > shortened from 20ms to about 12ms and the second dot was almost
> > > non-existant, about 8ms wide with the keying input second dots width
> > > at
> > > 20ms. My Omni 6 Plus will be shipped back to TT this week for work.
> > >
> > > The Orion is quite unstable at speeds over about 42 wpm. Over 42
> > > wpm, the
> > > width of the dots vary and the initial delay varies and the spacing
> > > between
> > > elements vary several milliseconds each time the letter is sent.
> > > This occurs
> > > if you use a reed relay for keying or if you use an open collector
> > > for
> > > keying. Below about 40 wpm, both the Omni 6 Plus and the Orion
> > > follows the
> > > keying input quite well.
> > >
> > > My old (1992) Omni 6 and my Corsair 2 will handle anything you throw
> > > at it,
> > > understanding that the Omni 6 will not send CW much over about 68
> > > wpm. I've
> > > watched on my scope,  my Corsair 2 sending the 'Quick Brown Fox....'
> > > message
> > > at 160 wpm, following the keying input waveform. And rig wise,
> > > it's
> > > downhill from there!!
> > >
> > > Tom - W4BQF
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Steve N4LQ" <n4lq at iglou.com>
> > > To: <tentec at contesting.com>
> > > Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2004 5:30 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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> > --------------------------------------
> > Duane Calvin, AC5AA
> > Austin, Texas
> >
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