[1000mp] Re: MP Key Clicks

[john]

Hi all new to the list.  If there is one thing you could do to the MP
(stock) what would it be? I mostly use voice then digital.

john
w9jcm
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jan Erik Holm" <sm2ekm@telia.com>
To: <1000mp@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 10:42 AM
Subject: [1000mp] Re: MP Key Clicks


> Please do the mod, the MP is a terrible click machine!!!!
>
> / Jim SM2EKM
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Tom (xmission) wrote:
>
> >Hello CW Friends,
> >
> >I have had my MP for almost 2 years now, and of course I love it.  99.44%
CW
> >for me!
> >
> >I have observed some chat over the past year or two about key clicks on
the
> >MP.  And now Inrad has come out with a key click mod.  So there appear to
be
> >three choices relative to key clicks:
> >
> >1)  Do nothing.
> >2) Implement the W8JI mod (http://www.w8ji.com/Click/3653).
> >3) Buy the Inrad mod (http://www.qth.com/inrad/).
> >
> >So I'm looking for some feedback from you MP-ers.  I have never heard
anyone
> >say that my signal has a click problem.  But of course all CW signals
> >produce sin(x)/x sidebands at some level, so it's just a matter of the
> >tradeoff between a crisp dit and unwanted sidebands.  Does the situation
> >vary a great deal from one MP to another (some have bad clicks, and
others
> >are pretty good)?  Or are they all the same, and it's just a matter of
how
> >picky the owner is?  Or is it influenced in some way by the kind of
> >electronic keyer you use (internal vs. Brand X external)?
> >
> >I want to have a clean signal, but I don't want to have a really "soft"
CW
> >keying waveform that's hard to copy for a good QRQ QSO.  For those of you
> >who think a mod is worthwhile, is the extra complexity of the W8JI mod
worth
> >the extra work as compared with the Inrad mod?
> >
> >So, opinions, please, about choices 1, 2 and 3 above, plus other
editorials
> >comments based on your experience and observations.
> >
> >Best of 73,
> >Tom / W7GT
> >
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