[TenTec] cw settings

[Bill Tippett]

Hi Ken,

 >I use rise at 3 and get excellent
reports.  also have heard few TT's
with too soft a keying.

         Ouch...those reports are certainly not
from anyone close or else you must have a very
low ERP station.  3 ms would guarantee bad
clicks.  6 ms is as low as I would ever go, even
for QRQ CW.  Menu settings are about twice what
the actual rise/fall time is.  ARRL recommends
about 4-5 ms which would equate roughly to a
setting of 8-10 in Orion's menu.

         Glad you're in California!  :-)

                         73,  Bill  W4ZV