I am using cw type and cw get and just got through testing the Orion at 52
wpm and did not notice anything wrong with the sending at all. I went down
to 42 wpm and the sent cw was perfect, so I am not experiencing that problem
here. Toby W4CAK
----- Original Message -----
From: "Duane A Calvin" <ac5aa@juno.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2004 8:22 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] omni v short dits
> "The Orion is quite unstable at speeds over about 42 wpm . . . .
>
> Ralph Nader will write a book about it soon! Tommy, is that with the
> internal keyer, external, or either one?
>
> 73, Duane
>
>
>
> On Sat, 24 Jul 2004 19:44:16 -0400 "Tommy" <aldermant@alltel.net> writes:
> > I've been looking for you on 40m!
> >
> > Yes. I recently bought a used Omni 6 Plus and found out that it had
> > a
> > 'timing problem'. When sending the letter 'U', the first dot would
> > be
> > shortened from 20ms to about 12ms and the second dot was almost
> > non-existant, about 8ms wide with the keying input second dots width
> > at
> > 20ms. My Omni 6 Plus will be shipped back to TT this week for work.
> >
> > The Orion is quite unstable at speeds over about 42 wpm. Over 42
> > wpm, the
> > width of the dots vary and the initial delay varies and the spacing
> > between
> > elements vary several milliseconds each time the letter is sent.
> > This occurs
> > if you use a reed relay for keying or if you use an open collector
> > for
> > keying. Below about 40 wpm, both the Omni 6 Plus and the Orion
> > follows the
> > keying input quite well.
> >
> > My old (1992) Omni 6 and my Corsair 2 will handle anything you throw
> > at it,
> > understanding that the Omni 6 will not send CW much over about 68
> > wpm. I've
> > watched on my scope, my Corsair 2 sending the 'Quick Brown Fox....'
> > message
> > at 160 wpm, following the keying input waveform. And rig wise,
> > it's
> > downhill from there!!
> >
> > Tom - W4BQF
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Steve N4LQ" <n4lq@iglou.com>
> > To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2004 5:30 PM
> > Subject: [TenTec] omni v short dits
> >
> >
> > A friend of mine has an Omni V and he is trying to use a bug however
> > the
> > dits are being chopped so badly that he can't use it. I've never had
> > a
> > TenTec rig that chopped dits like this one. I've hear him on the air
> > and
> > even with his dit weight screwed to almost touching, he sounds
> > horrible.
> > It's like something is wrong in the keying circuit. Has anyone
> > experienced
> > this?
> >
> > Steve N4LQ
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> --------------------------------------
> Duane Calvin, AC5AA
> Austin, Texas
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