[ARC5] "Curing Chirp in Command Transmitters"

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 5 Oct 2014 at 10:46, Bill Cromwell wrote:

> Whooping, yooping, and drooping are very poor practice.

I ABSOLUTELY agree...and it is totally unnecessary to boot.

> That musical fifth will qrm other qso's in progress as will more serious,
> slower drift.

Yes...and the drift is unnecessary also.

> On the other hand having some "character" can help us sort out
> the signals in a busy band because they stand out.

Again, yes....but that is "some" character, not some horrible sounding crap.

What has never ceased to bother me and I don't understand it, is that some 
old timers LIKE to hear those horrible signals. Many of the really-OT in the 
Antique Wireless Association have expressed such thoughts, and, again, I 
don't understand their thinking.

It is prefectly possible to make, for instance, a 1929 TNT sound at least as 
good as a modern rice box....or even a little better.

Ask Carl KM1H: he made DXCC using such a rig, and no one whom he 
contacted even bothered to ask him what he was using except ONE 
contact...who then expressed considerable surprise and asked many more 
questions.

W7QQQ Jack Meadows routinely uses a pair of 809s in a TNT configuration 
on both 80 and 40 meters. I have worked him and can assure you that his rig 
sounds literally beautiful: no chirp, no clicks, no drift and a beautiful almost 
bell-like tone with a very little "character".

If it can be done with a 1929 design, it sure as heck can be done with an 
"ARC-5" transmitter, and it SHOULD be done!!!

IMHO, there is simply no excuse for crappy sounding signals.

And, IMHO, there is no need for fancy "chirp reduction techniques" with the 
rig either. :-(

Ken W7EKB