[Icom] QSK w/756Pro??

[gary nichols]

Perhaps what they are hearing is "another relay" being keyed by their QSK
output...gary, kd9sv
----- Original Message -----
From: "George, W5YR" <w5yr@att.net>
To: <icom@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 1:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Icom] QSK w/756Pro??


> I keep reading these relay sound complaints and have to wonder what I am
> missing!  <:}
>
> I have used my PRO daily and mostly on CW for nearly two years now. I have
> *YET* to hear a relay while sending CW in Full QSK.
>
> While my hearing is far from what it was decades ago, at age 72 I still do
> fairly well. I can easily hear a reed relay actuate when I listen for it,
> but while wearing my Heil ProSet phones I cannot hear a thing coming from
> the radio acoustically, not even the fan.
>
> So, maybe there is a difference among radios but I have to wonder how
folks
> are able to hear that miniscule sound, especially while wearing a headset.
>
> I have never used my PRO to drive an amp, but who knows? Maybe the relay
> contacts are welded and I just don't know it!   <:}
>
> 73/72/oo, George W5YR - the Yellow Rose of Texas
> Fairview, TX 30 mi NE of Dallas in Collin county EM13qe
> Amateur Radio W5YR, in the 56th year and it just keeps getting better!
> QRP-L 1373 NETXQRP 6 SOC 262 COG 8 FPQRP 404 TEN-X 11771 I-LINK 11735
> Icom IC-756PRO #02121  Kachina 505 DSP  #91900556  Icom IC-765 #02437
>
> OZ1EQC wrote:
> >
> > I am using a IC-746 and 756, I love them both EXCEPT OFTHOSE DAMNED
RELAYS.
> > I had Ten-Tec�s OMNI before, loved QSK, but now only Semi-BK. I accept
it
> > because the rigs are great. But if someone say they cant hear the relay,
I
> > would suggest them to visit the doctor :-)
> >
> > Kind regards from a proud Icom relay radio user.
> >
> > Per OZ1EQC
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