[TRLog] PTT

Lee Hiers, AA4GA aa4ga@contesting.com
Mon, 15 Dec 1997 23:57:11 +0000


On 14 Dec 97, Tree  N6TR wrote:

> I heard a local during the contest on phone who had a delay after
> his CQ machine finished the CQ.  He would often miss the first 
> letter of the callsign.  PTT control of the radio is the ONLY way
> to go!  I guess break-in is also okay, but I think it adds a lot
> of fatique and isn't as useful with two radios.


I agree.  I've got a PTT box built up and usually no problems, but 
this weekend, when I had PTT turned on, all that came out of the CW 
port was key-down.  I could turn PTT off and the CW was fine.  It 
worked OK last weekend...

Any of you hardware guys got any ideas for this appliance operator?

73 de Lee

 
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Lee Hiers - AA4GA
Contest Preservation Society - NT4DX
Cornelia, GA
mailto:aa4ga@contesting.com   



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