[Icom] QSK w/756Pro??

[Matt Erickson]

Oh my God!
A man who dares speak the truth, that others knew but were afraid to admit?
Better get your "flame-resistant"  suit on.

73 de Matt KK5DR

At 08:21 PM 7/3/02 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi Everyone,
>
>I purchased my Pro II at Dayton.  Since then it has caused me to sell my
>Omni VI after six years and in spite  of a complete retrofit of aftermarket
>filters and several major mods that I performed on it.
>
>Though this will be considered blasphemy by the Ten Tec Loyal, the Pro II
>has vastly better QSK than the Omni VI which exhibits a nasty sidetone
>click, and receiver thumps and whooses on each changeover. QSK on the Omni
>VI was miserable. It also could not be much improved.
>
>The Pro II is on of the best QSK rigs from Japan I have used. Not perfect
>(as is nearly achieved with my remaining Omni V) but nearly so.
>
>I also use an outboard keyer on all my rigs, the Idiom Press CMOS-4, a great
>unit.  It removes the leading character truncation caused by the rig's 10 ms
>relay delay. The CMOS-4 has a "k" compensation factor to match this kind of
>delay on many different rigs.  I use an 8 ms compensation factor on the Pro
>II.  Check it out at http://www.idiompress.com/cmos4.html
>
>My $.02
>
>I could also tell you about my adventures with the Omni VI's CPU chip
>induced receiver  birdies but alas that is best left for another day.
>
>73 de N1LQ-Dave
>
>
>
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