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Re: [TenTec] In praise of older technology

To: Ed Purvis <wa4njy@yahoo.com>, Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TenTec] In praise of older technology
From: Brian Carling <bcarling@cfl.rr.com>
Reply-to: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2014 21:03:27 -0500
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Surely that wasn't on SSB?

:)

Best regards - Bry Carling



> On Feb 22, 2014, at 6:48 PM, Ed Purvis <wa4njy@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> I had a Flex owner tell me I was 13 hertz off frequency.  I should have asked 
> him to help me convert that to cycles so I could adjust my radio.
> 
> Ed
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: Brian Carling <bcarling@cfl.rr.com>
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com> 
> Cc: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com> 
> Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2014 6:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] In praise of older technology
> 
> 
> How does a digital readout help you to get on the same frequency any better 
> than an analog one ? If you can't hear when a human voice sounds natural then 
> a digital won't help.
> 
> Best regards - Bry Carling
> 
> 
> 
>> On Feb 22, 2014, at 6:01 PM, k6jek <k6jek@comcast.net> wrote:
>> 
>> I know. As an aficionado of vintage equipment I agree in spirt. But on SSB 
>> it really is delightful to talk with people who are actually on frequency, a 
>> rarity with vintage gear but the norm now with new equipment. People just 
>> sound so much more human when their speech isn't shifted 30 Hz or 20 or even 
>> 10. 
>> 
>> I have a Corsair (I) and have not considered replacing the PTO with a DDS 
>> unit but might just find a way to get a better read of my actual frequency. 
>> Shouldn't be hard. That way I can talk with my buddies on their Flex Radios 
>> (*), ICOM 7600's and such without annoying them while still enjoying my fine 
>> old stuff.
>> 
>> Jon, K6JEK
>> 
>> * I have all that modern stuff too, an SDR, OMNI VII etc. I just don't like 
>> it much. Heck, I think my favorites are the tube pieces from '50's.
>> 
>>> On Feb 22, 2014, at 2:44 PM, Ken Brown wrote:
>>> 
>>> I remember when digital frequency readouts (the kind using an electronic 
>>> counter, not the kind on a R-390) started appearing on ham gear. Most 
>>> people (myself included) just had to have it. We never needed it before. 
>>> There were easy enough reliable methods to make sure we stayed inside our 
>>> band (or sub-band) limits, but for some reason it seemed like a digital 
>>> display of our frequency became a necessity.
>>> 
>>> DE N6KB
>>> 
>>>> On 2/22/2014 11:14 AM, Mike Bryce wrote:
>>>> I guess it was a year ago I put in a DDS replacement for the PTO. Rock 
>>>> solid. Dual VFOs, speed sensitive tuning, all kinds of goodies.
>>>> 
>>>> I took it out and the analog PTO back in.
>>>> 
>>>> Yep, it didn’t have the same feel
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