[1000mp] FT1000MP Key Clicks

[Chet Moore]

Tom,

I don't have any answers for you but I can tell you that if you sent this
message
previously, that it never made it to the reflector.

73

chet N6ZO
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Rohlfing" <trohlfing@xmission.com>
To: <1000mp@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: December 26, 2002 5:00 PM
Subject: [1000mp] FT1000MP Key Clicks


> Maybe it's not such a good idea to send out a heavy technical question to
> the group on Christmas Eve, because the lack of response was pretty
> surprising.  :)  So I'll just send it out again, hoping to catch a
> sympathetic ear somewhere.
>
> 73,
> Tom / W7GT
>
> --------------------
>
>  Here's a holiday question for the group.
>
>  A few days ago I incorporated the W8JI key-click mod into my MP.  I'm
>  generally happy with the results, and think it did a pretty good job of
>  taming the clicks.  I have before/after Tx output waveform photos for
>  anybody who just HAS to have them.
>
>  So here's the question.  The waveform-softening only works on dots (or
>  dashes) 2-N, but not 1.  So, if I send an "E" it's clicky.  If I send an
> "I"
>  the first dit is clicky, and the second one is nice.  An "S" has a clicky
>  dit, followed by two nice dits.  You get the picture.  But I haven't
> figured
>  out why.  I use an external keyer, and operate the MP in QSK break-in
mode.
>  So how does the MP know the difference between a first dit and a second
> dit?
>  It didn't seem to matter too much what speed my keyer was set to.
>  I don't know if 1) I made an error in the W8JI mod, or if 2) my MP is
> broken and
>  needs repair, or 3) if this is the way the MP is supposed to work with
the
> W8JI
>  mod.
>
>  Has anybody else run into this?  Or has anybody else done the mod and
> carefully measured the Tx waveforms to either confirm or deny what I ended
>  up with?
> >
>  Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and may there be a new rig under each
> ham's
>  tree!
>
>  73,
>  Tom / W7GT
>
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