[TenTec] cw settings

[Ron]

Hello Bill,
>From what you are talking about, I must assume that grid block keying my old
HW-16 will most likely produce wide band width clicks.  I think the only
thing that can soften the keying is the rise and fall of the oscillator and
that adds chirps to the mix.  Should I leave the old radio on the shelf?  Or
just light it up for straight key night?  On the other hand, it seems most
of the 200 watt Yaesu rigs I've heard key pretty hard too. Wish they would
send me my ORION II so I could adjust the rise and decay time of the keyed
output.
Ron
KA7U


-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Bill Tippett
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 2:36 PM
To: tentec at contesting.com
Subject: [TenTec] cw settings


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




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