[TenTec] notch filter for Eagle?

[Bernie Skoch]

Rick,

I do not believe I am "out in right field."  

Someone commented that all Ten Tec notch filters are useless.  I disagreed.

73,
Bernie 

> On Jul 20, 2017, at 02:30, rick at dj0ip.de <Rick at DJ0IP.de> wrote:
> 
> You guys are all out in right field.
> 
> No radio's auto notch filter works in CW mode.
> They cannot distinguish between the useful tone and the disturbing tone.
> 
> And yes, in that case, a manual notch filter is indeed better, but show me a
> radio built today that has one.
> 
> I find the Eagle's notch filter effective on SSB.
> 
> 73
> Rick, DJ0IP
> 
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> Cc: Bernie Skoch; w2iy at verizon.net
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] notch filter for Eagle?
> 
> "It's sort of useless, like all Ten Tec notch filters..."
> 
> I _LOVE_ my Orion II notch filter!  
> 
> The automatic feature is good, but the manual one is about the best I've
> ever used.
> 
> 73,
> Bernie
> 
>> On Jul 19, 2017, at 16:33, Gary F <dukeshifi at comcast.net> wrote:
>> 
>> The Eagle does have a notch function. I don't recall how to activate it
> but it is in the manual.
>> 
>> It's sort of useless, like all Ten Tec notch filters, since it is outside
> the AGC loop, so, while it does not have the carrier, it also attenuated
> your desired signal by about as much as it reduces the carrier.
>> 
>> The reduction to 20 watts in Tune is self-defense. Orion's do it too. This
> is to prevent the presence of full 100 watts into a mismatch. It is good
> policy.
>> 
>> Orion's had an option in which you could press the Power button, I
> believe, to get 100 watts in Tune after match had been reached.
>> 
>> Red arid green the A//B VFO, there really is no A or B VFO in the
> traditional sense and Eagle only has one tuning knob. Therefore, the A/B
> indicator serves no function in transceive operation. In split operation,
> that indicator should flip when going fro RX to TX to tell you which
> displayed frequency is the TX frequency.
>> 
>> Gary
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>>> On Jul 19, 2017, at 3:05 PM, Michael Tortorella <w2iy at verizon.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi all, I am hearing an awful lot of steady carrier signals up here in
> the
>>> frozen north of Downeast Maine.   Most are not very strong and they go
> away
>>> when I disconnect the antenna so they are external to the radio.  
>>> Today I am chasing TR8CA on 20 CW, he is way down in the noise, and 
>>> 100 Hz away from one of these carriers.  Sure would be nice to have 
>>> something like a notch filter to help in situations like these but I 
>>> could not see anywhere in the manual or front panel where I could 
>>> notch the offending carrier.  Is there any list wisdom on this?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On another note, I did contact service at TT last week with my 
>>> question about power out in autotune; after only a few days delay I 
>>> got an answer that the power out in autotune is 20 watts even though 
>>> the power output shown on the display is 100.  This seems not quite 
>>> right from a human factors point of view, maybe there can be a 
>>> firmware fix?  Also, when exchanging VFOs, the A,B labels do not 
>>> change even when the B vfo is in large type at the top of the 
>>> display.  I find this confusing.  OK, I guess this turned into a 
>>> longer letter about a couple of other things besides notch filtering, 
>>> so please excuse my prolixity and thank for the BW.  Any suggestions
> appreciated.
>>> 
>>> Thanks and 73, Mike W2IY
>>> 
>>> 
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