[Icom] 756PRO CW Key Clicks

[Greg Ordy]

    There has been a lot of talk lately about CW key clicks,
especially on the Yaesu 1000D and 1000MP lists.

    Although I am an infrequent CW operator, I remembered
that my 756PRO had a CW "rise time" setting, and I thought I
would see what impact it had on clicks.

    My measurements are located on the following page:

http://www.seed-solutions.com/gregordy/Amateur%20Radio/Experimentation/CWShape.htm


    The bottom line, for my radio, was that clicks were
substantially reduced by setting the rise time at 8 ms,
as opposed to the factory default of 4 ms.


    Greg Ordy, W8WWV   ordy@seed-solutions.com