[1000mp] MP-1000 Mark-V Field (Thumps/Clicks on Break-In CW) Help here

Sat, 29 Jun 2002 15:19:30 -0500

It helped on my MP, not gone, but greatly reduced!

73 de W9YQ Dwight

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From: "B. Peter Treml" <[email protected]>
To: "John" <[email protected]>; "Rick Kourey, K4KL"
<[email protected]>; "NZ8J" <[email protected]>; "Yaesu
Reflector" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 6:07 PM
Subject: [1000mp] MP-1000 Mark-V Field (Thumps/Clicks on Break-In
CW) Help here

> Several folks have written to ask for the settings I use to
minimize (or
> eliminate) the clicks/thumps in break-in CW. W0DC asked that I
share it
> with the group. So here it is. I hope it works for you.
> I bought the Yaesu Mark-V Field at Dayton. I bought the full
compliment
> if INRAD filters. This makes a good radio  almost GREAT. I was
> shocked when I heard the key clicks and thumps when I went to
NAR1. I
> heard it very
> very slightly in NAR2 and nothing in NOR. In NAR1 I went to the
EDSP/APF
> and clicked on 240 and the clicks/thumps almost disappear but
you tell
> they are "masked".
> When I called INRAD to order the filters I spoke with George
about the
> problem. He acknowledged the problem. He has an MP and is a CW
op. He
> thought the problem was very minor. They had tried to come up
with a
> fix. However, they did not come up with one.
> I think it is a nasty problem.
> So, I started putzing around with menu settings. In menu
setting 7-0
> Abic 2 I heard the thumps louder. I made sure I stayed in Abic
1. Then I
> went to menu 7-4 which is defaulted at 5(ms). The higher I went
the
> softer the clicks/thumps were. I ended up at 30 (ms) and now I
hardly
> hear any thumps or clicks. I hope this works for you also. I
have the
> 400 hz filter in NAR1 and the 250 Hz in NAR 2.
> I would be interested to hear from others to see if this works
in
> different models.
> Good Luck. 73,Pete-K8PT
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