[UK-CONTEST] 80M CC G3SJJ

[Clive GM3POI]

Ian as I gather the situation with the Inrad mod is it is not as good as the 
W8JI mod. An 1000mp still has close in clicks after the mod but is better 
than the stock MP and can be installed fairly easily. 73 Clive GM3POI
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ian Trusson" <ian.trusson at ntlworld.com>
To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 11:28 AM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] 80M CC G3SJJ


> Ian,
>
> I used this reference and it worked well:
>
> http://www.k1ttt.net/technote/Inradkeyclickmod2.pdf
>
> No long wire leads, no extra board and no pots, just a capacitor soldered
> directly under the RF board and a resistor & capacitor soldered directly
> under the IF board.
>
> After the mod on the scope both rise and fall times are nicely rounded 
> over
> a few msecs.
>
> Regards,
> Ian Trusson, G3RVM
> www.nadars.org.uk
> 27A Roman Way, Thatcham, Berks RG18 3BP.  Tel: 01635 826019
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:uk-contest-
>> bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Ian White GM3SEK
>> Sent: 23 February 2007 09:39
>> To: uk-contest at contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] 80M CC G3SJJ
>>
>> G0XBV wrote:
>> >In a message dated 23/02/07 08:14:49 GMT Standard Time,
>> g4buo at compuserve.com
>> >writes:
>> >
>> >
>> >> This was a problem during the ARRL contest as well. At one point T96Q
>> >> was about 1.5kc from my frequency but his noise sidebands were making
>> it
>> >> impossible to copy weak callers on my frequency. He was more T6 than
>> T9.
>> >
>> >Also, pretty much all US/VE sigs that I heard were de-clicked.  EU sigs
>> were
>> >in marked contrast quite frequently!
>> >
>>
>> Since charity begins at home, is there anyone here who still hasn't had
>> his FT-1000 de-clicked?
>>
>> Yaesu have consistently got this wrong, for model after model of the
>> FT1K, so every FT-1000D, MP and MkV ever made NEEDS this little snip.
>>
>> All FT1K owners have been let down about this, so it really isn't about
>> naming and shaming any individuals. All that matters is that the mod
>> gets done. So...
>>
>> 1. Go to www.w8ji.com
>> 2. Pick the mod page for your model (older MPs use the MkV mod)
>> 3. PLEASE do it.
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> 73 from Ian GM3SEK
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