Give me the name of the fellow willing to take on an IC-746. I've got some high ground in the Everglades to sell him. Mike to think. radio in to having
Jim, you're gonna need to get one of those 599zx's for every DX station so they'll be able to hear you. Remember the old adage, "if they can't hear you, you can't work 'em." 73, Mike -- Original Mess
I had the same problem with a Corsair II after I rebuilt the PTO. Traced it to the slug-tuned coil in the PTO, not the big coil. The problem was that the wires had never been soldered to the solder t
Everybody will have differing opinions. My experience is that I got the best reports from people who knew me and my voice in person with the un-amplified D-104 with the standard crystal element. I ra
There was a little lady who used to construct the PTO's for Tritons and Omni's back in the late seventies and early eighties. This RF Square is maybe her cottage industry -- a minority (female) heade
The Argosy came with a 4-pole SSB filter and its performance on CW was greatly enhanced by substituting the model 220 8-pole SSB filter. I believe the Corsair used the 4-pole SSB filter in some stage
Dot length = space length. Dash length = length of two dots AND the space between them (3 dot lengths total). A pretty fair speed check can be made by counting dashes for five seconds. Setting weight
Both rigs work well. N4LQ is correct about the different IF frequencies. The Delta works 17 meters while the late Omni rigs (Omni-c) encounter trouble on transmit because the 18 MHz band is twice the
Howdy, Steve-- I sure wish you'd put a better image on that website. My glasses don't improve it. 73, Mike To: <tentec@contesting.com> To: <tentec@contesting.com>
You can also hear it if you will use your notch filter to remove the carrier -- you can then hear the garbage. Mike -- Original Message -- From: <n4lq@iglou.com> To: "Jim Reid" <jimr.reid@verizon.net
A word to the wise is sufficient. The finals in that rig are its weakest link. If you try to squeeze every possible watt out of it, you'll be sorry! Mike N4NT
Even though their website's AF-224 page does not work, you can order an AF-224 kit from this page: http://embres.com/order-info.htm for $42.50. 73, Mike N4NT please