[ICOM] IC-706 KeyClicks

[Dave Edwards]

So, listen to yourself on another rcvr, and check it out!!
More than likely the battery or battery connection.
...Dave
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Buck - N4PGW" <n4pgw-list1 at towncorp.net>
To: "'ICOM Reflector'" <icom at mailman.qth.net>; 
<IC-706MKIIG at yahoogroups.com>; <ic706 at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 5:04 PM
Subject: [ICOM] IC-706 KeyClicks


> On 5/21/05, I had a CW conversation with another ham in Indiana on 14.029.
> During the conversation someone came up and announced that I had bad
> keyclicks (without identifying).  Today I received an OO report stating
> "Please check your equip. key clicks were very bad."
>
> I am running an IC-706 MKII with a Bencher Iambic Paddle using the 
> internal
> keyer built into the Icom.  I have never before nor since heard a 
> complaint
> about keyclicks.
>
> I don't know what happened.  The station that complained sounded like he 
> was
> in my driveway under my antenna.  The signal pegged my s-meter (or
> bar-graph.)  The station I was working was in IN, the OO was in FL and I 
> am
> on the GA/SC border.  I don't know if there were some kind of propagation
> that could have affected anything or what.  I was, as usual, running the 
> rig
> from a deep cycle battery.  The battery had a good charge and the charger
> was not hooked up or operating at that time.  (An earlier report was
> generated as the charger hooked to my battery went south and started 
> causing
> serious hum on my signal when I transmitted.  That charger was replaced 
> and
> I no longer keep it turned on, plugged in or hooked up when I am 
> operating.
>
>
> To the best of my knowledge, those are the only two incidents of complaint
> about my signal quality.  I know that in the old days, one would put a .01
> capacitor across the CW key leads, but what do you do to a built-in
> electronic keyer circuit?
>
> For good measure, I turned the rig off and on again and continued my QSO. 
> I
> don't know if it affected anything or not, but right now I am just 
> chalking
> this up to some freak of nature.
>
> Has anyone else had any experience with this problem?  If there is a
> problem, I would hope to resolve it.  I have no way to test my rig so 
> unless
> I hear more, there is really nothing I know to do.
>
> The rig does not have any kind of weight feature on the CW settings. The
> settings are CW Pitch: 600, Break-in delay: 0.6, CW Paddle: n, Key Speed:
> 14, Ratio: 3.0.
>
> I know what each of these features are and how to use them.  There is no
> reason they should cause or affect key clicks.
>
> Thanks for the comments.
>
> Buck
> N4PGW
>
>
>
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