My Corsair II also has the TX EN & TX OUT jacks (with jumper). Built in the
"last run" of Corsair IIs... but I made the "QSK mod" and used it with my
Titan 425. I have an Adobe PDF copy of the Corsair QSK mod. Email me if you
want a copy.
Best regards,
Gary - AB9M
CSM(r) G.L.Huber
9679 Heron Bay Road
Bloomington, Illinois 61704
(309)662-0604
www.csm-gh.com
csm-gh@www.csm-gh.com
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ab9m@arrl.net
www.csm-gh.com/mytrike.htm
www.csm-gh.com/75thRepoDepo.htm
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Cotter" <n4lg@qx.net>
To: "Carl Moreschi" <n4py@arrl.net>; "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment"
<tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 4:24 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Corsair II & Titan 425
> Carl, et al,
>
> I had a late model Corsair-II that had the tx-en and the tx-out
> jacks for connection to the Hercules and Titan series. It was
> factory installed and I have only heard of one other owner with the
> same. You had to use the dual-pin jumper with it when not using the
> amp.
>
> If you wish to see how TT came up with the signals, you might try
> to find an owner with a late manual revision that includes tx-en
> and tx-out.
>
> 73 bill n4lg
>
> At 07:46 PM 12/30/2007, you wrote:
> >No. QSK and Ext T/R are very different. The corsair never had
> >the TXOut
> >and TXEn lines on it, which are required for a QSK amp. What you are
> >supposed to do is connect Ext T/R to the amplifier keying
> >line. This will
> >not give you QSK but it will work with the amp that way.
> >
> >Another completely different approach is to connect your keyer output
> >directly to where TXOut would have been connected to the
> >amp. Then connect
> >the output keying line of the amp to key the corsair. This will
> >give you
> >QSK and guarantee that the amp keys before the corsair transmits.
> >
> >Carl Moreschi N4PY
> >121 Little Bell Drive
> >Bell Mountain
> >Hays, NC 28635
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Gary Smith" <Gary@doctorgary.net>
> >To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> >Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 7:37 PM
> >Subject: [TenTec] Corsair II & Titan 425
> >
> >
> > > Am sending the Omni V to TenTec for allignment. Not sure of the
> > best
> > > way to connect my back up rig (Corsair II) to the amp for QSK.
> > >
> > > With the Omni V I connected the TX out & TX en to their
> > counterparts
> > > on the 425. I see no TX out or TX en on the Corsair but there
> > exists
> > > QSK and EXT T/R connectors on the Corsair. Are these the same
> > > function but different names? I do want to use QSK.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Gary
> > > KA1J
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