[TenTec] Sidetone only for Omni 6+ in CW mode?

DAVID HELLER dtx at verizon.net
Tue Mar 9 20:42:31 PST 2010


I checked my VI with a sensitive output meter - with the "power" pot at full 
CCW and even with quite a few degrees CW from the stop the pin stayed at 
zero.  Not that switching the antenna to dummy load can do any harm, of 
course.  K3TX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dr. Gerald N. Johnson" <geraldj at weather.net>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2010 9:30 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Sidetone only for Omni 6+ in CW mode?


>
>
> On 3/7/2010 8:06 PM, Hank Garretson wrote:
>> Can anyone tell me the trick for disabling transmit in the CW mode for 
>> bug
>>> adjustment or code practice using the sidetone oscillator with the Omni 
>>> 6+?
>>>
>>
>> Turn Power all the way counterclockwise?
>
> But that's still a few watts. Feed that to a shielded dummy load.
>>
>> Ski Exuberantly,
>>
>> Hank, W6SX
>>
>> Mammoth Lakes, California
>>
>> Elevation 8083 feet in John Muir's Range of Light
>>
> 73, Jerry, K0CQ
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