[1000mp] Re: MP Clicks

Mon, 28 Jan 2002 21:59:03 -0500

Now, which technically-competant person would like to start
performing the W8JI mods on radios owned by the fumble-fingered
among us?

I have two 1000MPs I'd like de-clicked, but if I tackle it myself
I'll have no radios to use, pending repairs.

 Jeff Maass       [email protected]     Located near Columbus Ohio
         USPSA # L-1192       NROI/CRO    Amateur Radio K8ND
    Maass' IPSC Resources Page:  http://home.columbus.rr.com/jmaass
Circleville USPSA/IPSC: http://home.columbus.rr.com/jmaass/pcsiipsc.htm

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Barry N1EU
> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 9:53 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [1000mp] Re: MP Clicks
>
>
> Heinous indeed.  Interesting that the QST technical reviewers
> were looking
> at the same waveforms and concluded: "It was a joy to operate the
> FT-1000MP
> on CW.  Keying is clean and smooth (see Figure 2)", which was, of course,
> the keying waveform.  Oy.
>
> I plan on implementing the fix and appreciate the good work Tom is doing
> here.  This issue really hit home this weekend in CQ 160.
>
>
> 73,
> Barry  N1EU
> www.albany.net/~bg
>
>
> >From: "Tom Rauch" <[email protected]>
> >Reply-To: [email protected]
> >To: [email protected]
> >Subject: Re: [1000mp] Re: MP Clicks
> >Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 20:50:29 -0500
> >
> >I learned a new word today!
> >
> > > equally heinous. More heinous than competitors rigs, at least in terms
> > > of rise and fall times.
> >
> >Thanks Lou, and you are right.
> >
> >1.) It is impossible to NOT have excessive clicks with a rise or fall
> >much faster than 5 mS.
> >
> >2.) Even if the rise and fall is long, a radio can still click.
> >
> >While a slow rise and fall does NOT guarantee a radio will be click-
> >free, a fast rise or fall DOES guarantee it WILL have a problem.
> >
> >73, Tom W8JI
> >[email protected]
>
>
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