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

[Dr. Gerald N. Johnson]

A wattmeter based on practical silicon diodes has a minimum threshold. 
Its only zero output if your neighbor can't hear it on an antenna.

73, Jerry, K0CQ

On 3/9/2010 10:42 PM, DAVID HELLER wrote:
> 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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