[TenTec] Orion relay

[Thomas Uhlman]

Maybe everyone should operate with their head laying on top of the radio....
It might just make all them non-hams out there afraid of us and leave us
alone....

Of course maybe this will be the new fad, eh??


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tommy" <aldermant at alltel.net>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 2:45 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion relay


> Yes, I agree.
>
> I have owned an Omni C, Omni D,  six Corsair 2's, a great Omni 6, five
> IC-781's, and now the Orion, every one of which used the same type of
relay.
> I understand what the relay is used for as I always use full QSK, and I
> understand what they sound like. My Orion makes NO NOISE of any kind when
> I'm sending CW in the full QSK mode, be it at 20wpm or at my Orion's top
> speed of 80 wpm. However I admit, at age 65 and after having operated CW
for
> the past 53 years, my hearing has probably degraded because my in-head
copy
> speed is now below 100 wpm. But to me, if I have to shut down the audio
and
> then place my ear on the radio to find out if the relay is clicking, the
> d**ned thing is quiet, as I normally operate in a standard sitting
position
> WITHOUT my head laying on the radio.
>
> Tom - W4BQF
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Tippett" <btippett at alum.mit.edu>
> To: <tentec at contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 8:03 AM
> Subject: [TenTec] Orion relay
>
>
> > "Clicks" is not a good description of the sound.  It is
> > more of a bell-like "ping" sound and is caused by the reed relay
> > used for Orion's internal QSK (not an amp relay).  For any who
> > have used the TS-930S in QSK, the sound is exactly the same
> > since the 930 also used a reed relay in QSK mode.  It was
> > possible in the 930 to select a bypass for non-QSK operation.
> >
> > 73,  Bill  W4ZV
> >
>
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