- 221. [TenTec] Re: Using Orion with existing 961 PSU (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 18:54:15 +0000
- The TT spec for the Orion tx current draw is 24 or 25 A; Jupiter 20. I guess Orion's processors and extra circuitry add on to the load. First time I have seen a solid state exciter draw that much d.c
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-02/msg00877.html (8,133 bytes)
- 222. [TenTec] 422 and 422B differences (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 01:20:20 +0000
- Besides the black look, the 422B is supposed to have a keying mod that makes it work, or work better, with the Jupiter and Orion. I don't know what the mod is but I think it is pretty minor (one you
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-02/msg00944.html (7,438 bytes)
- 223. [TenTec] Orion sweep (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 15:34:54 +0000
- And should one decide to buy the new ICOM, just remember, one could have bought 3 ORION's and ended up with 3 better radios and still money left over for lunch. Oh come on. "better?" Have you read an
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-03/msg00211.html (8,653 bytes)
- 224. [TenTec] BPL trials (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 15:03:09 +0000
- This is not good news to me. If I were on a huge tract of land and could easily place my antennas hundreds of feet from any power line I guess I'd be a bit relieved. However, being located in a city,
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-03/msg00231.html (9,599 bytes)
- 225. [TenTec] Omni VI+ and VI/3 (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 15:15:40 +0000
- This issue came up a year or two ago and there were many posts to the reflector about it. Someone, it might have been WB4HUC, posted a message in which he detailed every single difference no matter h
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-03/msg00232.html (7,577 bytes)
- 226. [TenTec] Omni VI+ and VI/3 (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 22:01:34 +0000
- John W3ULS had the message I was thinking of. The author was N1LQ; not WB4HUC--sorry about that. Here is a URL for the message in the archive: http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/TenTec/2002-0
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-03/msg00241.html (7,597 bytes)
- 227. [TenTec] Loops, April QST, IC-7800 and the FT-2000D (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 23:03:52 +0000
- I agree re the 80 M. loop--no contest. I have had a 1 w.l. 80 m. loop up since November (well, it blew down a few days ago due to my construction stupidity) and it has been hands down the best low ba
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-03/msg00406.html (8,420 bytes)
- 228. [TenTec] 80m loops (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 15:27:37 +0000
- 230 maybe 240 foot loop here, horizontal, 25 feet high, and rectangular in shape. short sides are around 40 feet long; long sides are around 80 feet long. Feeding it in the middle of one long side. F
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-03/msg00540.html (9,049 bytes)
- 229. [TenTec] OT: Radios? Why are they Radios? (Was Radio debate) (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 03:09:48 +0000
- I was QRT for around 18 years and became active again around 4 years ago. When I was active before, transmitters-receivers/transceivers were called rigs. When I came back they all had become "radios.
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-03/msg00830.html (8,492 bytes)
- 230. [TenTec] Omni VI sidetone for code practice (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2004 03:24:00 +0000
- If you interrupt the keying loop by poping out the tx en/out jumper on the rear panel you will be able to send cw with the sidetone and not transmit. it is easier if you have an amp and a switch box
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-04/msg00022.html (7,215 bytes)
- 231. [TenTec] OMNI VI+ audio (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 14:41:03 +0000
- Part of the success with the Omni VI rx audio has to do with what the station you are listening to is transmitting. If you are copying a station that is txing at your rx bandwidth capability, he's go
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-04/msg00114.html (9,078 bytes)
- 232. Re: [TenTec] OMNI VI+ audio (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 22:28:19 +0000
- Hi, I don't know what the percentage is. Thanks to N1EU for clarification on the Omni VI+ rx bandwidth. I either never knew or had forgotten that, and I assume it applies to the Omni VI option 3 also
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-04/msg00128.html (10,577 bytes)
- 233. [TenTec] 450 Ohm feedline (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 16:37:57 +0000
- The purpose of twisting the line is not to reduce noise pickup and radiation, it is to help keep the line balanced. I'd forget about using any kind of wood pane. Go with plexiglass. Just about any gl
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-04/msg00185.html (9,205 bytes)
- 234. [TenTec] Bliss tuners (was: 450 Ohm feedline) (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 19:27:50 +0000
- Yes, the prices (yikes) are way out there for a tuner and probably unaffordable for most hams. He used to make a manual tuner that was much cheaper. The only way the cost could be justified would be
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-04/msg00192.html (7,809 bytes)
- 235. Re: [TenTec] 450 Ohm feedline (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 14:09:12 +0000
- Thanks Tony and Ron and others. In the critical light of morning I realize my statement made no sense. Of course if the line is balanced that will reduce radiation. I guess twisting window line equal
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-04/msg00209.html (9,381 bytes)
- 236. [TenTec] Orion Jupiter mic connections (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 16:40:26 +0000
- The microphone connections on both rigs are unbalanced ( mic + and - Grnd). Now there is nothing wrong with this setup mfrs. have been doing this forever. That's exactly the problem. It would be grea
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-04/msg00275.html (7,774 bytes)
- 237. [TenTec] RFI and Orion Mic connector - bad info (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 15:18:17 +0000
- I used to have my basement shack at the end of a 20 foot ground cable. I was getting back into the game after being off HF for many years and I (obviously) had forgotten a lot about station building
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-04/msg00378.html (10,709 bytes)
- 238. [TenTec] RFI and Orion Mic connector - bad info (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 22:55:10 +0000
- There have been a few comments along the lines of "I run <really high QRO right but I would like to point out that there are many hams out there who have RF in their tx audio and don't know it. It's
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-04/msg00402.html (12,351 bytes)
- 239. [TenTec] RFI and Orion (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 16:06:14 +0000
- Getting a long rod in the ground in a basement can be tricky. For 8 feet you probably have to make a starter hole first with a shorter rod and pull it out so the long one can drop in a few feet with
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-04/msg00418.html (8,064 bytes)
- 240. [TenTec] Orion and RFI (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 16:09:10 +0000
- Go to the Ten Tec Reflector archive whenever you need to go back and look at old messages. Don't use your own disk space to save them http://dayton.akorn.net/pipermail/tentec/2004-April/date.html Rob
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-04/msg00420.html (8,406 bytes)
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