On 1/16/2016 12:10 AM, Gary Smith wrote:
There's an odd behavior that we've all heard & that's the "ditter", the person who on the DX frequency sends the occasional dit, not a string, just a dit & then some odd seconds later does it again. I wonder if they do it to bust the chops of someone like me who tries
KA1J
Some auto tune linears are set up to change bands or sub-bands by sending one dit. With peak reading meters, they will also display RF out and SWR from one dit. At least this is a lot less QRM than tuning up the old fashioned way. In both cases, the solution is to select SPLIT before transmitting or just tuning. Most rigs have IF gain this is optimized for phone, which means it is way too low for CW. This results in an AGC threshold that is way above the rig's internal noise level. Short of redesigning the rig (I actually did this to an FT-757 by adding an IF gain stage), you should use an audio attenuator in front of your headphones so the the rig's audio output stage clips before the level in 'phones gets too high. Rick N6RK _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
