Dave,
Please keep us posted on how that works out. ?I sure would like to see the keyer work and the hand key work without the adapter I designed as a temp fix. ?Also I'd like to see the tuning smoother without going into high speed and jumping several hundred KHz just as you approach the frequency you want. ?That is about to drive me crazy - LOL. Being able to select the digit and achieving higher speed tuning that way like most other rigs of this type do would really be a big help. Also, the band select menu Item should start with the KHz digits at 000 and the 1 MHz digit selected for band tuning as the default, but be selectable so you could change bands more slowly if you want. ?
I agree 100 percent that the BFO adjustment should be saved at either PTT or encoder switch press (whichever winds up being the means to save it.) I vote for PTT though as sometimes pressing the encoder switch causes a small rotation and the frequency changes when you don't want it to.?
Enough for now, but please keep me in the loop on the keyer and tuning fixes as they prove out in your beta test. ?I still have to learn how to upload program changes to the Nano without bricking it - LOL.
Jim Sheldon, W0EB
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On Jan 6, 2018, at 5:53 PM, Dave Bottom <
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CW KeyingIan, KD8CEC's firmware I am beta testing made a huge improvement.? He also added TX delay setting (you can adjust) and TX>RX delay setting (you can adjust).? Very nice??
The only remaining issue is the contact resistance - at 25 WPM on the paddle I can still get an occasional dah instead of a dit.? ?Clean contacts or not using resistance to differentiate a dit from a dah is not the answer .? I think I'd give up the extra Raduino pin and have a simple Keying arrangement for paddles and a Menu setting (paddle or straight key) to make one of the paddle contacts the straight key contact like almost all radios do today.
Smoother Tuning
Ian has also cleaned up the tuning a bunch with virtually no unexpected jumping, but I'd like to see the ability to change the tuning step size from 50Hz to 10Hz as the tuning is pretty coarse for small tuning knobs, and maybe also add 100Hz and 1KHz to make moving from CW to SSB portion of the band (and vice versa) a bit quicker.? I'm also thinking of making a spring loaded drag adjustment for the tuning knob so you can still access the Menu, but have a bit more stable frequency setting.? Push (the Menu Knob) to set often changes your setting.? I really like that Ian chose to use "Press the PTT" to effect saving a setting with his TX delay and TX>RX delay settings.? This is worth considering for all Menu settings?? Again very nice work Ian!
CAT working
Ian also has CAT working (FT-817 mode) on Ham Radio Deluxe.? I haven't tried this yet. Maybe tomorrow.
Where did I leave the BFO offset?
One final thing I noticed with the default firmware is that when setting the BFO frequency offset it always starts a the same default place, not where it is currently set.? When tweaking this it would be nice to know where you last set it.? The right settings give beautiful SSB audio.? Problem is where did I set it so I can tell others???
Dave WI6R
Jim Sheldon