Hi Rick: I had a royal pain in the settin' down place the first time I tried downloading firmware also. Here's what I finally wound up doing. Using Windows XP Home, I don't "save" the download, I "op
Barry, the 6n2 is a very GOOD basic all mode. It's tiny size may be a bit off putting, but it has just about supplanted the FT736R, and the IC 271, 274 and 810 Icom's that are gathering dust in my sh
I usually keep the sweep on, watching for pilups, as I troll the band for the weak ones that don't make it through the noise. I have managed to work quite a bit of nice DX buried in the noise that wa
Hi Ulrich: my combination of Orion, XP Home, and a SIIG serial card seems to work well for me. Everything has worked as it should - although trying to figure out which of those look-alike-in-the-blac
Hi Rich, in reverse order - If your filters are set to "auto" at the top of the filter menu they will be progressively engaged as you reduce your bandwidth. That is, I get 2.4, 1.8, 500, and 250 Hz r
The real problem with my serial card is the octopus cable. One plug to the card, four DB9's to the accessories - and the numbers are very hard to see in bright light. In near total darkness it has be
Hi Bruce: My Jupiter has always been a second rig, at first behind one of my OMNI VI+ and since last April behind the Orion. But if lightning took the Orion out I would not feel overly handicapped by
Yes, you can set the CW rise and fall times. I suspect a few Orion owners have set their CW Rise/Fall at less than the 5 ms that's stock. 7 to 10 ms seems to make the Orion "click proof" although 60
Well, if one production run's worth of prospective Orion owners would put a non-refundable deposit up for the rig plus a suitable option fee of an extra hundred or two for the paint job, I'm sure Ten
Don, before you go inside your radio, turn it around and check your power cord's plug. I had two of my Omni VI's develop a slightly high resistance connection in the Molex power jack. It appeared any
Actually, the world will either end or has already ended. In either event, I have it on good authority the date will be the first second of the first minute of the first day of either the last, the p
Rick, don't feel badly about it. I think every regular poster on this list has done exactly the same thing. And by the way - I agree with you. 73 Pete Allen AC5E
I used a Palomar between my Paragon and MFJ, later between the Paragon and 238, and finally between the Paragon and Titan. The "tuner tuner" shares the same disadvantage as the Autek and the MFJ 259B
While it's a very minor item - and there's only one thing within reach that will fit the MIC jack - brightening the PH/CW letters is pretty easy. Since my hands are still steady, I stopped by the toy
Yes, the Orion is state-of-the-art, at least it was at the time the design was finalized. But from experience all computer related hardware becomes obsolescent between the time the design is approved
HI Paul: This is one that will probably catch a lot of people with their opinions up. My take on your loop is first, by formula, your loop will be a full wave just below 7 mHz, and should load fairly
Chuckle: Well, Rick, I cooked the balun in an MFJ 989 a dozen years ago, running a few hundred watts on 75 from a Hercules I. It stank something terrible. I also cooked the roller inductor running 10
Ten Tec has posted a notice that the Pegasus will soon be discontinued. According to the posting, there are a few left in stock and if there are enough orders TT will build one more run. More info on
Well, if there's a menu item to disconnect the headphones I have not found it. Which probably rules out operator error. Unless you have the cans plugged in the CW jack, as I have done a couple of tim