[CW] Raspy CW tone

[Donald Chester]

>... One of the reasons I quit using my Valiant was
>because I got tired of hearing "Hey, OM, you chirp..."
>Old Betsy has a nice tone, she just chirps a little on 40 and below..
>
>John WB9OFG

Many rigs like the Johnsons, DX-100 and others chirp on 40 because the VFO 
runs straight through on that band.  The VFO fundamental is 160 or 40.  
Running 160 straight through does not seem to be a problem.  The VFO 
frequency doubles to 80 and 20, and tripleds and quadruples to 15 and 10.  
But there is enough  rf feedback into the VFO to generate considerable chirp 
on 40.  I once used a Heath VF-1 and never could get it to settle down on 40 
without quadrupling from 160.

Don K4KYV

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