Topband: phantom click cop

[Barry N1EU]

W9AC came up with a keyclick mod for the Omni VI+ to clean up the hard 
leading edge.  There's some info on it at 
http://www.qsl.net/n1eu/Mods/omni_keying.htm

73,
Barry N1EU


>From: Earl W Cunningham <k6se at juno.com>
>To: feutz at wctc.net, topband at contesting.com
>Subject: Re: Topband: phantom click cop
>Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 18:21:19 -0800
>
>Ron, WA9IRV wrote:
>
>"Twice in the last 4 nights I have been told by an anonymous station that
>I had clicks "10 kc wide".  He wouldn't ID when requested.  After the
>first incident, I immediately worked another station who was calling CQ,
>and he said I had typically "hard" Omni 6+ keying...."
>=======
>I'm not the phantom click cop, but you should be aware that stock Omni
>6+s also have clicks.  It's my understanding that when Ten-Tec went from
>the 6 to the 6+ they did something in the transmit AGC loop which
>introduced clicks in the rig.
>
>INRAD tried to develop a click mod for the 6+ quite some time ago, but I
>think they were unsuccessful.  N7JW and KH6DX/mobile have both
>incorporated a click mod into their Omni 6+s which cleaned them up.  You
>might try contacting them for more information.
>
>73, de Earl, K6SE
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