[ICOM] IC-706 KeyClicks

[Buck - N4PGW]

I don't have a second receiver.  I'll have some locals listen out for me
tonight to see what they hear, but I doubt they will hear anything.  (See my
reply coming up in the next message.)

Thanks for the advise, though.

Buck
N4PGW


> -----Original Message-----
> From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
> On Behalf Of Dave Edwards
> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 5:22 PM
> To: ICOM Reflector
> Subject: Re: [ICOM] IC-706 KeyClicks
> 
> 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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