[ARC5] "Curing Chirp in Command Transmitters"

[J Mcvey via ARC5]

I'm curious as to the EXTENT of the chirp. I have heard some rigs on the air ( not sure what they are) that chirp with a slur up a full musical 5th with every stroke! Whoooooop whoop whooooop... It annoys me to the point of spinning the big knob. I will attempt to minimize it. 
Maybe it's because I'm  new to CW, but large pitch changes bug me.
Since ARC-5's were so widespread in WWII,it would surprise me if this was a normal operating condition for these.
However, the original keying arrangement keys ALL B+ to the transmitter aasssemly via K52 , so the oscillator may take a few milliseconds to settle down. There is no screen regulation used in CW mode either. 
It's a rather unusual way to do things by "modern" standards, so I suspect that it will also sound different in some way, I just don't want too much "whooping"





On Saturday, October 4, 2014 10:47 PM, Mark K3MSB <mark.k3msb at gmail.com> wrote:
 


The short answer is yes they are going to chirp to some degree.  
I've used the SCR-274N as well as the AN/ARC-5 transmitters.  My 80M units hardly chirp and my 40M units chirp a bit.  That seems par for the course. 
Why are you extremely curious about it?  If you want to make yours sound like a modern Yaewoodcom rice-rocket that's up to you but I wouldn't worry about it.
A little chirp is fine.  A lot of chirp needs to be looked into.
73 Mark K3MSB
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