[ARC5] "Curing Chirp in Command Transmitters"

[Ronnie Hull]

Let's all remember that the co and sets were primarily a voice transmission set! I'm certainly no expert but cw was probably not given too much priority!
I shall now put on my asbestos suit and await the flame throwing!

Let the party begin!

Sent from Ronnie's IPhone

> On Oct 5, 2014, at 9:19, J Mcvey via ARC5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
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> 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"
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> On Saturday, October 4, 2014 10:47 PM, Mark K3MSB <mark.k3msb at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 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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