[GreenKeys] SELCAL - Autostart

[Roy Morgan]

At 08:00 AM 4/28/2004 -0500, david freeman wrote:
>The Dovetron has a dual autostart circuit that permits operator selection 
>of autostarting on a Marking carrier or on a RTTY signal with Mark-Space 
>transitions.

Do all Dovetrons have this?  I seem to remember discovering that the 
Tempest units do not have the autostart feature (presumably to avoid the 
radiation of signals through the relay controlled ac line connection.)

>  A third option is added to some units called "Digital Autostart" that 
> looks for a specific valid character, (a space I think) before turning on 
> the motor/magnets.

This feature and the normal autostart may well be described in the 
"Selection Guide" that is now available.

Roy


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