First dot (was Re: [TenTec] Orion in action)

[Joe Giacobello]

Carl and others, I am a new Orion owner and I have been trying to extend 
the relay delay (or on time) by increasing the "QSK delay" setting.  I 
am practically at a 100% and still the delay is quite short, especially 
for speeds below 20 WPM.  When you refer to holding "the keying output 
for about 12 seconds", are you talking about this setting?  I presume 
that this setting is the only way to control the CW delay for non-QSK 
operation?  If so, it is a serious limitation.

73, Joe

Carl Moreschi wrote:

>Yes, they are all shortened.  In the tentec keying scheme, all dits and dahs
>are the first one.  The Orion needs to keep the keying held down for about 8
>milliseconds longer when the key line is released.  The current scheme keys
>the radio about 20 milliseconds after the key line is grounded but only
>holds the keying output for about 12 milliseconds after the key line is
>released.  This should be able to be corrected in a future firmware release.
>
>Carl Moreschi N4PY
>Franklinton, NC
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Carter Grabarczyk" <k8vt at ameritech.net>
>To: <tentec at contesting.com>
>Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 12:58 PM
>Subject: First dot (was Re: [TenTec] Orion in action)
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>>Tommy wrote:
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>>>And yes, there is some clipping on the first couple of dot on the
>>>Orion.
>>>Tom - W4BQF
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>>Been reading about this topic for awhile. I also saw the keying picture
>>in QST with the first dot shortened.
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>>However, I'm confused. With QSK, isn't *every* dot the first dot? (thus
>>if one was shortened, you would think they would all be shortened).
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>>73/Carter/K8VT
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