[1000mp] FT1000MP Key Clicks

[Mike Gilmer, N2MG]

Actually, it did make it to the reflector, but with a misleading subject.

http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/1000mp/2002-December/004286.html

Mike N2MG

N6ZO wrote:
> 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.

W7GT wrote:
> > 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.
> >
> > --------------------
> >
> >  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!