[GreenKeys] SELCAL - Autostart

david freeman [email protected]
Wed, 28 Apr 2004 15:07:23 -0500


Roy,

You are correct. The autostart circuitry is left off the main board on the Tempest Dovetrons.
(I guess I should have looked in the Tempest manual before replying)

Dave WW8S


----- Original Message -----
From: Roy Morgan <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 10:09:42 -0400
To: "david freeman" <[email protected]>,"greenkeys List" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] SELCAL - Autostart

> 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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