Garey,

Of course, you are correct.  I was thinking of the PTT for SSB.  Sorry for
misleading you, Frank.

Ken, WA2LBI


On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 10:13, Garey Barrell <[email protected]> wrote:

> Ken -
>
> Re-read that page......   The Carrier Balance is adjusted in CW MODE, BUT
> with PTT closed instead of the KEY so the SIDETONE is NOT generated.
>
> This puts the Carrier Oscillator within the LSB passband so as to have a
> larger output to null.
>
>
> 73, Garey - K4OAH
> Glen Allen, VA
>
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>
> Ken Winterling wrote:
>
>> Frank,
>>
>> The carrier balance adjustment is made in SSB, not CW.   See page 15 of
>> the T-4XB manual under "CARRIER BALANCE ADJUSTMENT".
>>
>> Ken, WA2LBI
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 09:42, iz oos <[email protected] <mailto:
>> [email protected]>> wrote:
>>
>>    Hi!
>>
>>    I did my homework! Indeed, the carrier oscillator crystal frequency
>>    was not exactly set to 5.645 MHz, mainly due to C2 which was offest by
>>     30 degree and a bit also to T14 which was not completely peaked.
>>    Switching sideband switch back and forth it was easy to note
>>    difference in plate current and Adjust C-2 to make the current and
>>    output of the sidebands equal. Current was about 0.8 and output zero
>>    or close to zero.
>>
>>
>>    Plugging the mike, both sidebands now sound much more the same,
>>    however I had still to rebalance the carrier balance control which was
>>    set fully counter clockwise. Setting the function switch to CW and and
>>    PTT on mic ON the relative output meter stays at zero for whatever
>>    adjustment of the carrier balance control !!!! So, I CAN'T rebalance
>>    the Carrier Balance control !!!!
>>
>>    Why is that???
>>
>>    73,
>>
>>    Frank IZ2OOS
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>    2010/3/21 Garey Barrell <[email protected]
>>    <mailto:[email protected]>>:
>>
>>    > Frank -
>>    >
>>    > Start with the Carrier Oscillator, Filter Match & Balanced Modulator
>>    > alignment in Section VII, Section B.  The idea is to get the Carrier
>>    > Oscillator "centered" in the valley between the two filters as
>>    shown at "0"
>>    > on Page 37.
>>    >
>>    > 73, Garey - K4OAH
>>    > Glen Allen, VA
>>    >
>>
>>
>>
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