TS-440S

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CIRCUIT DESCRIPTION

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KEYING I N

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KEYING OU T

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CONTROL OU T

 

SEMI BREAK-IN, VO X

 

 

 

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Fig . 9-3 FULL/SEMI BREAK-IN timing char t

The above timing charts show the timing for standby an d keying signals .

When an input from the CW key is supplied to point A as shown in the above figure during full break-in operation , the one-shot multi-vibrator and gate circuits generate con - trol (full) and delayed keying (full) signals . After the fun- damental timing signal, RL (12V) for reception an d transmission rises, the keying wave also rises, and whe n the key is off, RL falls according to the preset tim e constant .

Semi-break-in operation is synchronized to VOX . When a signal is supplied to point A, the VOX delay time multi -

ing the slide switch . The control signal is checked by the microcomputer to see whether transmission is to be per - formed . The control signal is then used to switch CRL i n the IF assembly unit and generate RL (12 V) . TXB (trans- mit B+) (8 .8 V) is generated, synchronized to RL . Th e receive control signal RXB (receive B+) (8 .8 V) turn s on/off, synchronized to the inverted TXB signal, that is, RL .

12 V

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vibrator determines the VOX time constant . The input sig- nal is converted to a keying (semi) signal by the gate circuit .

TXB

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These keying semi/full and control semi/full signals ar e converted to appropriate break-in VOX mode signals us -

Fig . 10 STANDBY keying timing char t

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