[ICOM] Re: Standby Switch?

[Jerry Keller]

I have another means of protecting my receiver front ends, Ed, so alll I 
needed was a means of muting the audio.  And I have that now.... thanks
73, Jerry K3BZ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Berbari" <eberbari at indy.rr.com>
To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 12:33 PM
Subject: Re: [ICOM] Re: Standby Switch?


> Jerry,
>
> I have followed this thread and I am still not sure what you need to do. 
> I agree that modern rigs do not have a simple means having a standby mode. 
> By this I mean to mute the audio and ground the receiver antenna input. 
> Most of the solutions suggested so far have been to mute the audio.  Is 
> this what you wanted or did you also want to ground the receiver antenna. 
> This of course allows the use of another transmitter in the shack without 
> overloading the front end of the receiver.
>
> Ed, W9EJB
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jerry Keller" <k3bz at arrl.net>
> To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 10:54 AM
> Subject: Re: [ICOM] Re: Standby Switch?
>
>
>> No problem here, Vladimir.... I will pick up an SP-20 or Sp-23 when I 
>> find a good one at the right price on e-bay. I do appreciate you taking 
>> the time to answer my inquiry. In fact, as a result, I did learn 
>> something about the timer... so thanks for that, my friend. Merry 
>> Christmas and...
>> 73, Jerry K3BZ
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Vladimir V. Sidorov" <vs_otw at rogers.com>
>> To: <icom at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 10:44 AM
>> Subject: Re: [ICOM] Re: Standby Switch?
>>
>>
>>> Sorry, kinda mess... Indeed, the ON/OFF switch toggles timer, not 
>>> Standby. Though there had to be a button with light behind it 
>>> somewhere... And thanks to Dave, my mistake is corrected, I was thinking 
>>> about SP-20.
>>> Jerry, I hope, you have any of the speakers and can play either by 
>>> muting one of sources or just toggle them.
>>>
>>> Sorry for my mistake.
>>>
>>> 73,
>>> Vladimir VE3IAE
>>>
>>> --
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>>>> The SP-20 and SP-23 speakers provide a convenient (albeit, pricey) 
>>>> solution to this problem. They allow switching between two sources as 
>>>> well as silencing the audio (with appropriate load). A side benefit is 
>>>> the audio filtering that is incorporated in both. Physically the SP-23 
>>>> matches the Pro line better but I find the larger speaker and enclosure 
>>>> of the SP-20 more pleasing. And it also provides a line-out jack that 
>>>> the SP-23 does not.
>>>>
>>>> 73, Dave K4QT
>>>>
>>>>>Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 19:36:06 -0500
>>>>>From: "Jerry Keller" <k3bz at arrl.net>
>>>>>Subject: Re: [ICOM] Standby Switch?
>>>>>
>>>>>Gee, guys, I didn't mean to confuse everyone 8^)  I sit here with my 
>>>>>756Pro2
>>>>>and Pro3 going and I find something I want to listen to on one of them, 
>>>>>so I
>>>>>want to shut off the audio on the other one, quickly, easily, and in a 
>>>>>way
>>>>>that I can return to the previously set audio level quickly and easily.
>>>>>Years ago, rigs almost always had a "STANDBY" switch on the front panel 
>>>>>for
>>>>>that (granted, that "STANDBY" switch did more than just shut off the 
>>>>>audio).
>>>>>The only way I can figure to do it with these super-duper modern rigs 
>>>>>is to
>>>>>use the switch-out in the Phones jack... there should be a better way, 
>>>>>right
>>>>>on the front panel, and I was just wondering if I was missing that....
>>>>>73, Jerry K3BZ
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