[TenTec] 610 Has started shipping today

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Doug....I'm guessing, I do not have info on 610 but to have my Orion 2 keyed by a logging program such as N1MM, I had to assemble a Winkeyer kit. ?Now I can either type on my PC keyboard or depress F keys on my PC to key my Orion 2. ?I'm guessing that the 610 would eliminate the need for the Winkeyer kit. ?Also appears from the page 28 CQ Sept page that audio is processed by the 610 as well as CW. ?Voice files could be stored by the contest software on the PC to be forwarded to the Orion 2 with, perhaps, the 610. ? Lastly, with all the talk about headphones and volume, I notice a volume control on the 610 and a separate phones and speaker outlet...perhaps the volume concerns could be remedied by the 610.?



I'll wait until the user manual is provided by Ten Tec on line.




Hope this helps...




73....John Bescher, N4DXI



-----Original Message-----
From: geoffrey mendelson <geoffreymendelson at gmail.com>
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Mon, Aug 31, 2009 9:12 am
Subject: Re: [TenTec] 610 Has started shipping today









On Aug 31, 2009, at 3:59 PM, Speer, Doug wrote:

> OK, I'm the slow guy in the class.  I get that the 610 is a USB keyer
> allowing paddles to connect to a PC.  What is the utility or advantage
> of this vs using the built in keyer in the Orion?  In other words, why
> do I want one (or more accurately why should I want one)?  What will  
> it
> do for station operations?


Is it? I haven't seen anything describing it except for those two  
words. To me  a USB keyer would go the other way, it would plug into  
the USB port of a computer and the key jack of a radio, allowing the  
computer to key the radio. This used to be done by a serial port hack,  
but serial ports no longer are available on many computers, and the  
USB to serial converters can't do it.

Geoff.

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geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM
Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendelson at gmail.com





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