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Lou Kolb <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:12:13 -0500
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Great point, John.  I didn't have the narrower one, just standard ssb and 
500 hz for CW.  Also had the AM filter and that Receiver had really decent 
sounding AM.
Lou Kolb
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 5:04 PM
Subject: Re: cw weighting and code tapes was Re: ts480 basics


> That auto position was no good if you had the narrow SSB filters in the
> TS-440, it always picked the 1.8 KHz filter which was horrible to deal 
> with,
> why it didn't pick the wider one and let you pick narrower if you wanted I
> don't know.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Lou Kolb" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 3:50 PM
> Subject: Re: cw weighting and code tapes was Re: ts480 basics
>
>
>>I don't know about the other rigs but The 440 has an auto position where
>>the
>> appropriate filter was selected automatically.  I generally just left it
>> there although one did have the option to select manually if desired. 
>> Lou
>> WA3MIX
>> Lou Kolb
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>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "richard fiorello" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 2:37 PM
>> Subject: Re: cw weighting and code tapes was Re: ts480 basics
>>
>>
>>> Hi;
>>> I guess my delema was with all other radios I have used ts430 440 450 &
>>> ts570 when one went into cw one turned the filter on manually.  I'm not
>>> much of a cw op either but it seems like its easier to tune through the
>>> band to get some idea of how activity there might be with a wider 
>>> filter.
>>> the ts570 let you basically vary the band width with one control which
>>> was
>>> nice.
>>> Richard
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Michael Thurman <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To:  [log in to unmask]
>>> Date: Friday, Jan 13, 2012 01:23:23 PM
>>> Subject: cw weighting and code tapes was Re: ts480 basics
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> stupid questionbecause i am not a cw op, but why owuld you ever want it
>>>> =
>>>> to be anything but the standard? which is 4 i thought but I'm probably 
>>>> =
>>>> al wet with that   closest thing I do with cw is listen to see if I can
>>>> =
>>>> ctch characters   because i really wan to get my hands ont he zil    =
>>>> anyoe have those btw?
>>>> On Jan 13, 2012, at 12:59 PM, Richard Fiorello wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > Hi Tom;
>>>> > This is the part that has me perplexed.  When I put the rig in cw
>>>> > the=20=
>>>>
>>>> > filter is automatically on?  I have been trying to find an "on off=20
>>>> > switch" with no luck.  No problem with the 1.8 filter.  I will go
>>>> > menu=20=
>>>>
>>>> > shopping but can one enable and disable the cw filter?  I am just =
>>>> trying=20
>>>> > to insure that the foolish thing is working correctly.  The
>>>> > bandwidth=20=
>>>>
>>>> > definitely gets narrower in cw so I guess its our automatic filter. 
>>>> > =
>>>> Its=20
>>>> > terrible looking for something that isn't there.
>>>> >=20
>>>> > richard
>>>> >=20
>>>> > On 1/13/2012 10:01 AM, Howard Kaufman wrote:
>>>> >> The CW filter is independant from the DSP, so it turns on =
>>>> automatically.  If
>>>> >> you run CW at over 25 wpm, the weight ratio should be changed from =
>>>> the auto
>>>> >> setting, to 4.0, its menu 35.
>>>> >>=20 

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