[Icom] 756PRO CW Key Clicks

Wed, 1 Jan 2003 14:50:19 -0700

I set mine to 8 ms right after I got it, because it sounded much more
pleasing to me while monitoring on another receiver.
However I have always been partial to soft keying. I would probably use 16ms
if it was available.
73,
Ken W7TS

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-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On
Behalf Of Greg Ordy
Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 14:25
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Icom] 756PRO CW Key Clicks

    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/CWSha
pe.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   [email protected]

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