A young friend of mine, Richard Murdy, N5UZN, is going into an assisted living complex after about ten years in a no antenna condo. Dick has a Paragon, the matching power supply, and an MFJ tuner (if
Hi Craig: The Omni VI's amp relay output for non - Ten Tec amps is a conventional but fast amp relay setup. You will have to turn it on via the menu system but it should work well with standard amp h
Hi Marcel: My 425 also indicates 1.8 "Plate Kilovolts" on the front panel meter. I was suspicious when that started, about five years ago, since the drive wattage and Tune/Load settings remained the
While I don't bemoan the QST staff writers failure to get to the point, I hate it when a died in the wool "ain't nothing like my brand" rig owner is given the latest from "his brand" to test. Testing
I bought the "with tuner" version of the Orion and it's been turned off since day three. The Orion works so well into such a wide range of impedances that I don't find one necessary with the DX-CC, t
Yes, I use the NB pretty often. In my present neighborhood I get the dear lady across the street's sewing machine, the alderman's wife's mixer, the seven motorcycle tuner's on the other side of the b
Well, it's been a while since I had the Omni V, but I remember some keying problems with the VOX on. The dit weight almost touching (anything) should not affect the dit length one way or another. But
Well, after ten years or so memory gets tricky but the paddles plugged into a mini stereo phone jack on the right side of the rig, facing the back. Said jack going to the internal keyer, if my memory
Rick: you are correct and I am wrong. The Omni V does not have the internal keyer. And neither I nor the fellow who could not get his bug to work with the V can remember what the problem was. Field D
The PC Mac debate seems to have gotten beyond the A will do Z better than B stage. Let's step on it and stand up. 73 Pete Allen AC5E _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing lis
I suspect everyone who has ever done any mobiling will have opinions. For my two kopeks .... Fifty watts with an AVAILABLE and RELIABLE 200 - 500 watt mobile amp would be quite reasonable, although a
Hi, Toby: listening to a QSO on 14.024.86 just now and there's very little drop down when the 500 Hz filter kicks in. Or the 250, for that matter. But I have a question for you. Have you set and opti