Workman Roger Beep Improvement (less annoying)

[El Phantasamo]

I bought a Workman roger beep for my Uniden 78XL, and was not terribly happy with it after I installed it.

I was really going to irritate some people on the other end of my signal if I did not make some changes.

The tone is WAY too loud. I corrected that by adding a 1m Ohm resistor in between my radio and the roger beep board.

The tone also played too long, a bit over half a second or so. I corrected this by removing C2 (the BIG one) and replacing it with a .022uF mylar capacitor.
Its now A short little blip of A quarter second or less.

Hope this helps a few out there


(mods, If this is in the wrong section, I'm new here and I apologize; please move as needed)

 

[mackmobile43]

Good stuff there.

 

[El Phantasamo]

Good stuff there.

Thank you.

I later tried a .01 Micro Farad cap. I'm not sure how much shorter it is, but it's still audible. If you want to shorten the beep, any mylar cap between .01 and .022 Micro Farad works well.

 

[Frylock508]

I know this is an older thread but...

I tried to install this kit tonight on an older Grant. What a dissaster! Directions list a green wire and there isn't even a green wire coming off the board. Directions are horrible. I wired to the switch for 12v like they say. Soldered to a metal ground. Followed it as best i could. Loved the part about unsoldering the recieve off the mic jack. I could here a noise everytime I unkeyed the mic. But it wasnt a beep. Even when the audio wire was switched out. Or in my case just unsoldered in anger. Anyone reading this please don't waste your time.

 

[Low_Boy]

I bought a Workman roger beep for my Uniden 78XL, and was not terribly happy with it after I installed it.

I was really going to irritate some people on the other end of my signal if I did not make some changes.

The tone is WAY too loud. I corrected that by adding a 1m Ohm resistor in between my radio and the roger beep board.

The tone also played too long, a bit over half a second or so. I corrected this by removing C2 (the BIG one) and replacing it with a .022uF mylar capacitor.
Its now A short little blip of A quarter second or less.

Hope this helps a few out there


(mods, If this is in the wrong section, I'm new here and I apologize; please move as needed)

Hello, I tried your Beep Mod. and first post you say.022 uF mylar Cap. Your second post said any Cap between .01 and .022 will work And you said mF in that post. I changed out C2 for a .01 uF MylarCap. and hear no difference in the time the tone sounds?

 

[522]

good luck getting a response from the original poster. it was about a year ago, and he has only 6 total posts to date.

BUT, hopefully we rejuvenated this thread, and someone can help ya out?

 

[Low_Boy]

Thanks I did not realize how old that post was. There is not a lot of info in that board and I hate to just start trying different parts in different places. I always thought you could change the tone and time by swapping resistors but I my be wrong.

 

[psycho]

The best roger beep is no roger beep.

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

The best roger beep is no roger beep.

When anyone asks me about installing a switch for their roger beep I always suggest this one.

 

[Mudfoot]

The best roger beep is no roger beep.

1+

 

[Low_Boy]

Agreed No beep is the best beep. But..........................

 

[purenrg]

There are times that a ending tone can be helpful with high noise conditions on ssb.

 

[Se7en]

There are times that a ending tone can be helpful with high noise conditions on ssb.

iv got a an idea! Q S Y to an unused CB frequency, then you don't need a roger ***k. If you want to do a QSO on a pile up on ssb, pump it up with some power

 

[Mudfoot]

In less than ideal conditions...

I just say: over over.

 

[purenrg]

O well, each to there own.