All I've seen so far is that Flex came out with a "portable front panel" (my words) called "Maestro." You can run any of their Flex-6000 line with it on the home network. They're just taking orders n
What's different in the K3S from the K3? 73, Duane Duane Calvin, AC5AA Austin, Texas www.ac5aa.com Elecraft announced the new K3S Sent from my iPad (my on http://www.flexradio.com/amateur-products/
Ha, ha - "Dotty Dasher!" Love it! Duane Calvin, AC5AA Austin, Texas www.ac5aa.com *FCC to reinstate Morse Code test** *April 1, 2015* *Washington, D.C. April 1, 2015 Today, the Federal Communications
If I recall correctly, the VI+'s and maybe the VI's as well, had these residual noises. Individual radios had more or less of this noise. A lot of work was done to try to fix it, and the leading answ
Yep, that's what I was talking about. Mine had the encoder clicks as well as a few other oddities, but most were low enough level that they were not distracting while using the rig. Or maybe I was ju
Thanks for the positive review, Lee. I purchased one, used, last year and have not had much opportunity to use it yet. What little I have done really surprised me on how well it operated, and the str
I'm looking to put together a travel kit for my Argo VI, and the only thing I'm hung up on is which paddle to use that isn't too fragile or too light (re: chasing it around the tabletop), but has goo
Thanks, Brian - I'll see what I might be able to cobble up... 73, Duane Duane Calvin, AC5AA Austin, Texas www.ac5aa.com Say whatever you want, the twin j38 paddle design has a remarkably good feel.
That's odd - I don't ever remember hearing clicks on W1AW's CW signal from the Omni VI. I remember the microchirp only. Is my memory going already?! 73, Duane Duane Calvin, AC5AA Austin, Texas www.ac
For Sale: TenTec 238B High Power Antenna tuner. Condition is "9", with only a few very light scratches in the paint on the bottom of one side. Works well, and is the efficient L-network tuner with sw
That's too bad - Toby used to be a fixture here on the forum, didn't he? Sad to see him go. SK 73, Duane Duane Calvin, AC5AA Austin, Texas www.ac5aa.com Auburn Tobias Pennington III Toby, age 74, of
I bought a Centaur from TT new when they were still on the market, but I had issues with internal arcing and fan noise. Plus, one of the mini-toggle switches failed after a year of use. I traded it i
I can't remember what mine looked like, but is it a Studio 1? This was a mic made by Heil for TenTec specifically for the Orion and sounds similar to your description. 73, Duane Duane Calvin, AC5AA A
. . . and I think the "terrible time" Paul mentions after the Orion came out had more to do with TT managing expectations of potential and real customers. Everybody wanted all of "their" ideas includ
Well, let me clarify a couple of points - I loved my Orion. It still worked perfectly the day I sold it, a few months ago. I didn't sell it because I thought it was no longer useful or a terrific rad
Back when the units we were using were audio DSP units, the Timewave ones clearly favored CW, as did the NIR ones (which I can't remember the name of) and the W9GR units tilted toward SSB. These days
Interesting - my Flex-6500 has nearly instantaneous QSK T/R turnaround. Really nice. Faster than my Orion was. 73, Duane Duane Calvin, AC5AA Austin, Texas www.ac5aa.com *A very good Friend of mine
"Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times." Mark Twain Sorry, couldn't resist. I'm with Rick on this one. 73, Duane Duane Calvin, AC5AA Aust
Yep, had one of those too. You'd go deaf waiting for someone to call! :-) 73, Duane Duane Calvin, AC5AA Austin, Texas www.ac5aa.com When I worked 2 Meter AM in the 1960s, I normally used a Heath Tw