[TenTec] Orion's break in

[Floyd Sense]

In my case, I am absolutely positive.  We're splitting hairs here as to 
what to call the noise.  It's a mechanical noise and as N4UC said, the 
noise is heard on the relay break, not the make.  I can prove that by 
tuning the external keyer speed way down and sending a single long 
dash.  And it IS annoying.  I've owned dozens of rigs capable of QSK and 
non-QSK operation and while some of the others showed relay noise like 
this in QSK mode, NONE made any noise in non-QSK mode except at the 
beginning and end of a transmission.  This sounds exacly like the noise 
one would hear from a larger reed relay that is not mechanically 
isolated from a circuit board.

As time allows, I'll dig into my Orion II and solve this.

K8AC

On 11/16/2011 6:50 AM, Carl Moreschi wrote:
> Are you sure that is relay noise and not an actual receiver chirp from
> the AGC action?
>
> Carl Moreschi N4PY
> 121 Little Bell Dr.
> Hays, NC 28635
> www.n4py.com
>
>
> On 11/15/2011 10:53 PM, art davis wrote:
>> The key word there is "most". The T/R relay in my Orion 565, which operates with every character, is so noisy I can hear it in the next room when the sidetone is turned off. I wouldn't characterize it as "clacking" though, more like chirping. And it makes the noise when the relay relaxes, not on the make. VERY annoying! I'll bet that's what he's talking about.
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>> N4UC
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