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[TenTec] Summary: no SPOT function on Pegasus

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Subject: [TenTec] Summary: no SPOT function on Pegasus
From: n4lq@iglou.com (Steve Ellington N4LQ)
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 09:05:40 -0400
My comments on JA rigs weren't very clear. Yes, the JA radios display
the correct rx frequency with no math needed. It's the older TenTecs
that require the math. What I was trying to say was, when a JA and old
TT rig are in qso, they show different frequencies on their dials or
at least on CW.

Steve N4LQ
----- Original Message -----
From: George T. Baker <w5yr@swbell.net>
To: Steve Ellington N4LQ <n4lq@iglou.com>
Cc: Larry Kayser <kayser@king.igs.net>; <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 25, 1999 12:24 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Summary: no SPOT function on Pegasus


> Steve, your comment about the JA radios is not always the case. I
think
> that my now-old IC-765 radio is typical of most rice boxes of its
vintage
> in the frequency display department. The radio ALWAYS transmits on
the
> dial frequency, regardless of mode. The radio always receives on the
dial
> frequency, regardless of mode.
>
> If receiving CW, the station transmitting on the dial frequency will
be
> heard with a 700-Hz beatnote. That beatnote can be changed over a
400 -
> 900 Hz range with a panel knob setting. If I want to zero-beat a cw
> signal - regardless of the frequency - I simply tune in the station
until
> the beatnote is 700 Hz, which matches the sidetone signal I get by
just
> pressing the key (without transmitting). The dial then indicates the
> frequency of the transmitting station. No mental gymnastics or
frequency
> juggling involved at all.
>
> Icom radios older than the 765 - I bought mine new in 1990 - have
the
> unfortunate property of changing the dial indication when the mode
is
> changed. This introduces a great deal of complexity in managing
> frequency. I am not familiar with the TT models you mention, but I
> suspect that they do a similar thing which can cause considerable
> confusion.
>
> 72/73, George        AMA 98452 R/C since 1964
> Amateur Radio W5YR, in the 54th year and it just keeps getting
better!
> AutoPOWER Systems, Fairview, TX (30 mi NE Dallas)  Collin County
> QRP-L QRP-ARCI FISTS NORCAL ZOMBIE ARS 10-X  33.2 N 96.6 W EM13RE
>
>
> Steve Ellington N4LQ wrote:
> >
> > Wonder why they teeter back and forth on this? My old Omni C
requires
> > that I add or subtract 600hz to the readout. If I read about a
> > frequency in QST to tune into, I must do some math so I will be on
> > freq. Then the Paragon II and Omni 6 don't require this but the
> > Corsair does etc. So let's say a Pegasus owner makes a sked with a
> > Omni 6 owner. They will have different frequencies on their dials!
>
> And
> > so it goes with all JA rigs too.
>
>      <see comments above>
>
> I suppose you could argue as to which
> > method is correct but at least it would be nice if they were all
the
> > same!
> >
> > Steve N4LQ
>


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