[TenTec] cw creation

[Carl Moreschi]

I have an old SB-401 here.  It does not use an audio tone for CW.  It uses
the conventional method of unbalancing the mixer to produce CW.

Carl Moreschi N4PY
Franklinton, North Carolina
n4py at earthlink.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Brown" <ken.d.brown at verizon.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 2:48 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] cw creation


> Hi all,
>
> In the discusion about the audio tone input to a SSB mode transmitter as
> the method of CW generation we have identified four rigs that do this,
> so far:
>
> The Collins 32S-1 (maybe) and KWM-2, the Sunair GSE-924, and the SBE-34.
>
> These all have something in common (with perhaps the Collins 32S-1 being
> the exception): They are primarily SSB rigs, that also have CW
> capability. None of them was really intended to be a top notch CW rig.
>
> I don't have schematics or manuals for any of them, so I cannot check. I
> once had a Heath SB-301 and 401, which I understood to be designed by
> engineers who defected from Collins, and were very similar to the
> Collins S line. I don't remember whether the SB-401 used a audio tone
> input to the balanced modulator to produce CW. Anyone out there happen
> to know? And what about the 32S-1? Did it do that, or not?
>
> DE N6KB
>
>
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