[TenTec] omni v short dits

[Bwana Bob]

Don't you need to set the pendulum dit stop screw to increase the
weighting? Making the contact gap smaller will not make the dits longer,
I think. I have to go back to my bug adjustment notes, but that's my
recollection.

      Bob WB2VUF 

Steve N4LQ wrote:
> 
> He sez it sounds the same in his sidetone. I had him crank the dits all the
> way closed then just slightly back it off the contact but still it was a
> ragged, chopped dit. I'm sure he knows what he's doing and he's had other
> Omni V's before. Otherwise I would just wright it off as inexperience. Now
> I'm wondering if there's some resistance along his key line somewhere. Hmmm.
> Steve N4LQ
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Duane A Calvin" <ac5aa at juno.com>
> To: <tentec at contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2004 6:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] omni v short dits
> 
> > Don't know what it sounds like to the guy sending, but bugs can be set so
> > the "dit" contact is just barely touching - barely brushing the 2
> > contacts together.....  Can he adjust it to make it better?  How does it
> > sound with a keyer?
> >
> >         73,  Duane
> >
> > On Sat, 24 Jul 2004 17:30:08 -0400 "Steve N4LQ" <n4lq at iglou.com> writes:
> > > 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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