Hi Dave: I try to work as much Dri-Slide as possible into the bearings and put a very little on the coil itself. My 253's quieted down with a bearing lube and I don't trust a conducting lubricant aro
As Yuri says, ONE Orion has shown up in the E-ham classifieds. Radios are like cars and clothes. One size does not fit all. A guy I know always wanted a Ferrari. He sold his business for some absurd
Weeellll - I have a pretty good antenna for 20 and up, and the Orion makes that antenna system much more effective than it has been with other rigs. And yes, I have had other TOL rigs here, some for
Chuckle! I don't know anyone who has a rotatable Sterba, but according to one story I heard, back in the 1920's an official with the Burlington had a crew build a perfectly circular 2,000 foot diamet
That brought a laugh: I have been on the water wagon since Christmas of 1955. And when I did hist 'em I only drank one bottle of burbon at a time. A man could make a pig of himself if he drinks too m
Looking at the maintainence records on my VI+ and two option 3's: I forgot to rotate one of my Option 3's to an operating position and left it off for nearly a year. The memories were still good but
Well, I thought the Fermi installation was associated with Argonne, across the river from Lemont, which was a pretty far suburb of Chicago the last time I was there. Used to visit my dad's friend Al
The 701 certainly works with the Omni VI+, and presumably with the Orion. It's my understanding the 706 is essentially a 705 without a provision for the 9V battery that's needed when you use a 705 on
Hi Buck; Knowing the level of responsiveness from the factory, I'm sure they are working on the sidetone fuzzies and any other problems that have been brought to their attention. I do notice a bit of
HI Don: Depending on what humor I'm in at a given time, I use one of several Ten Tec 705's - a couple with an accessory jack for my Heil's; a Turner 252, an EV 620, a Shure studio mike, or one of a c
Hmmm - so far my expenditures to "finish" my Orion amount to exactly Zero. Unless I have forgotten a rig, that's several hundred dollars less than any of the many other rigs that have been resident h
Chuckle: No, the house will be trading money with the house I am moving out of, I already own the land, and the antenna farm would be a desirable adjunct to any rig. So the only expense will be the a
Been there, tried that. Yes! 73 Pete Allen AC5E _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec
The Orion slow to catch on? Not if my usually accurate memory is correct. The FT1000D was introduced just before I got back into the hobby, when Kenwood's 940 was pretty much top dog with Icom a dist
I dunno about Max - but Schatze, Joe, and the Jazzy Lady don't mind the dog appelation. They think they are four legged people. And Justin Other Critter, the current cat, thinks they are pests. 73 Pe
While some of the references I have seen have been more than slightly obscure, at one time "owning a Volvo" was a sign of a "Young Upwardly mobile Professional Person," or YUPPIE. Driving a Volvo mea
Chuckle! Frank, I have known of the front end of a Volvo falling off in a panic stop. Twice - but never while I was behind the wheel. That was one of the safety features, you know. Just as the Vdub's
I have had a sudden loss of power, curable by cycling the power, but not on the latest firmware download. By all reports it usually occurs with the sweep enabled. I don't remember what the circumstan
Hi Ken: The QST articles were in the May and June 1998 issues. If you are a memeber you can find them on the ARRL's Members only website. Do a search for Bandpass Filters and those plus several more
I wasn't a Chicago fan, or even a Cubbies fan in the 70's, more of a Browns fan in the '40's and a Detroit Tigers fan in the very early 1950's. But I got it, liked it, and if the moderator doesn't ta