[GreenKeys] HAL ST-6 - squelch?

[Duncan Brown]

THANKS! Tony,

I thought that control was just for Autostart.

I'll check it out.

TNX,

Duncan
K2OEQ

On 07-Sep-20 13:39, tony.podrasky wrote:
> GM OMs;
>
> There is an adjustment to the MARK "hold" function AUTO / AUTO OFF.
> You adjust it for how much noise / how little noise you want to allow
> before the machine's RECEIVE lamp illuminates and it tries to print
> something.
>
> If you set it too tight, you'll have to be spot-on with the mark, which
> doesn't work very well when you are doing a round-table QSO (not
> everyone is zero beat).
>
> If you set it too loose, you'll get random characters / noise tripping 
> it.
>
> UE,
> K2EAA - TONY
> NNNN
> ZCZC
>
> On 09/07/2020 10:29 AM, Duncan Brown wrote:
>> The Introduction to the ST-6 manual states: "An automatic control holds
>> the ST-6 in the mark condition when non-RTTY signals (such as voice, cw,
>> or noise) are received."
>>
>> When monitoring ham RTTY/RATT QSOs, I get a lot of random characters
>> printed (from noise) between transmissions, so I don't seem to have (or
>> have working) the "squelch" function mentioned above.  I also don't see
>> anything in the schematics that might be doing this function.
>>
>> Am I missing something?  Does the ST-6 have a "squelch" function? If so,
>> where?
>>
>> Thanks & have fun,
>>
>> Duncan
>> K2OEQ
>>
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