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ON THE RADIO WHEN I NEEDED TO READ THE FREQUENCY DISPLAY.  THE SOLID STATE
FULL BREAK IN QSK IS TERRIFC.  SWITCHING IS PRACTICALLY INSTANTANEOUS, WITH
NO CLICKING OR POPPING, SO ITS EASY TO MONITOR THE FREQUENCY BETWEEN SENT
CHARACTERS.  THE TRANSMIT OFFSET IS FIXED AT ABOUT 700 HZ, AND THE SIDETONE
IS A SAMPLE OF THE TRANSMITTED SIGNAL, NOT GENERATED BY A SEPARATE
OSCILLATOR.  DURING FINAL ASSEMBLY, I HAD ADJUSTED THE INTERNAL SIDETONE
LEVEL POTENTIOMETER ON THE LOWER PC BOARD FOR COMFORTABLE LISTENING ON A
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