Make it a full 100w. 50w won't drive many of the current linears to full power. In fact many need about 120w. (I'm referring to linears for home, not for mobile). The mobile linear can be 400 to 500w
Lee, I think the a rig needs to meet a couple of basic requirements at any and all speeds that man is capable of working at: 1. It should not cause key clicks! 2. It should not shorten the first dit
Hi Ed, Here's the file you are looking for. I found it just now under the link Scott sent us. I have saved it in a form that can be viewed with your browser. You should get the attachment. The others
Toby, have you adjusted the center frequency offset for the 500 Hz filter. If not, that might be the reason you have too much attenuation. Then again the filter might be defective. There should be no
If you are serious about mobile operations, buy a car with a diesel engine. You won't have any problem with ignition noise. 73 Rick My mobile HF operation (40m) is more limited by power line noise ru
Bob (or others), do the traffic nets (NTS) in CW still exist? I thought PR would have eliminated them. I used to be quite active in the 60's - also NCS for local and reginal nets. Callsign back then
I said buy a car, not a ... ;-) I haven't any noise problems with my Mercedes diesel. Just ask Scott. He ran several QSOs from the passenger seat on our way to Friedrichshafen. 73 Rick Unless they re
Tnx Tony, Yes, that's the one thing I missed most about moving to Europe. We can go to other countries, some of them even desirable ones (HB0, 3A, etc.), but we don't have anything like NTS over here
OK guys, you have won the sale. So many of you disputed my point that it must be wrong - at least for the states. I concede. I guess I should say, "buy a German diesel". Unfortunately Germany does no
No Barry, that's OK what he is doing. You are allowed to advertise your planned operations in advance - you just are not allowed to do it during the contest. Announcement: during WAEDC CW contest, li
"Chops of the first dit by 30%" - lovely! Still, he did like the rig, overall! Some TT readers might be interested in RSGB review of IC-7800. G3SJX noted second oscilator noise being higher then IC-7
Hi Bill, Wonder what you work 5w with from your camper? I am just about to receive an Argonaut 515 which has been refurbished at the factory. It will arrive either today or tomorrow in Hamburg (at th
Hi Sinisa! "Systematically" and by the way, I have NOT noticed the Orion doing that. I've tested it quite a bit using a second receiver and up to about 60 or 70 wpm it was OK. Beyond that I honestly
SRI for the SPAM, the previous email was meant for Bill. Sure wish someone would turn this "broadcast feature" off! 73 Rick Hi Bill, Wonder what you work 5w with from your camper? I am just about to
In QSK mode, EVERY dit and dah is the first dit! So in that case, you read it right. And it chops 30% at just 40 wpm. Also, there is no provision for keying a QSK linear (at any speed). 73 Rick I rea
I dissagree. I think Icom just does't care about high-speed break-in. If it did, then it would at least attempt to incorporate a QSK keying circuit for QSK linears. They didn't even address the issue
Bob, Well, to the letter, I must admit that I am not personally sure. However here's my source of info on that data point: RadCom, August 2004 edition, page 18, written by Peter Hart, G3SXJ: "There i
Seems pretty clear to me Rob. People with an Orion like to understand how it stacks up against other high-end rigs. The 7800 review in RadCom came out just a few days ago so it's currently a hot topp
Well we can continue on Icom and CW. On my IC-706 mobile rig, the front panel is detachable and everything can be connected and controlled from the remote front panel - except the paddle. It has to p
Tom, I'm sure he sounded excellent. He just wasn't running QSK. This brings us to the point: what do CW operators really want? Well, I suppose we won't even agree amongst ourselves so how can we expe