[TRLog] FT1000 MP owners beware

[Mike Nash, NO6X]

25ms =1 dot at 35WPM
I think that is correct so 50ms = 1 dot at 17 1/2 WPM
right, wrong, or in between???
Still seems like an awful long time to me, but what does a
young,dumb,California, Kenwood owner know???

Mike...NO6X

At 01:53 PM 2/3/99 -0800, you wrote:
>
>50ms!!! How in hell can the rig function???
>
>It can't be that long--the rig sounds good on the air. 50ms is more than a 
>dot length at 40WPM (at least I think so--33ms is a dot at 40WPM, right?).
>
>I think he spoke with some ultra-conservative cust. service guy. That guy 
>gave him a number he could "positively  guarantee" without having to make 
>any measurements--if the customer is satisfied with the answer, then Yaesu 
>saved time/$$$. Unless of course his fast answer cost Yaesu a sale, but 
>that's another story.
>
>I don't believe it. Tree, you have 1000MP users. Certainly some of them use 
>PTT! Have any reported poor keying?
>
>BTW: I do not own an 'MP, but have been considering one... and I run a 
>group that answers technical calls from customers -- so I understand the 
>incentive (and dangers) of brevity.
>
>73 de Bob, K6XX
>
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>Sent:	Wednesday, February 03, 1999 12:52 PM
>To:	trlog@contesting.com
>Subject:	[TRLog] FT1000 MP owners beware
>
>
>
>This came off the NA reflector.  NA is looking into adopting the
>PTT delay that TR already has.  I knew this was an idea that would
>catch on someday (took about 10 years).  I wonder what the story
>is with QSK then.
>
>> From owner-na-user@contesting.com  Wed Feb  3 12:58:49 1999
>> Message-Id: <199902031945.OAA12309@mailfw1.ford.com>
>> From: "T Mitchell (Tim)" <tmitche4@ford.com>
>>
>>
>> I just got off the phone with the fine folks at Yaesu who were nice 
>enough to
>> talk to me about the MP even though I don't have one.
>>
>> Yaesu wants at least 50ms from assertion of PTT to the assertion of any 
>CW.
>>
>> They say that if you gave them 100ms they would like that even more but 
>50ms is
>> the minimum time they suggest.
>>
>> This assumes that the PTT inputs are used, not the CAT instruction.  If 
>the CAT
>> instruction is used, they suggest a longer time to make sure the cmd is
>> received, processed, etc.
>>
>> Guess this will have to wait until it is coded. :-(
>>
>> Sorry for the bad news (MP owners) but at least we have an answer to the
>> problem.
>>
>> 73 Tim  K9TM
>>
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A Keyring, what a handy gadget. It allows me to lose all of my keys at one
time.

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