- 341. Re: [TenTec] Orion 2 (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 15:07:12 +0000
- Ron, Ron, relax--it's a frigging radio company. let's look at this thing apart from emotions. Firstly, QST does not close months ahead of publication. For the October issue, the deadline for space re
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-09/msg00234.html (8,454 bytes)
- 342. [TenTec] Omni VI with option 3 info needed (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 16:26:59 +0000
- I read in one of the posts on this topic something about sticking a Plus label on the front panel of an Omni VI option 3. People are free to stick anything they want on their equipment. However, if a
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-09/msg00261.html (8,082 bytes)
- 343. Re: [TenTec] Ten Tec analyzer (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 14:30:50 +0000
- I excitedly went to the ten tec website to look at the new analyzer which they want $655 for, and immediately read: USE YOUR PC AS LOW-COST RF VECTOR NETWORK ANALYZER stopped reading and moved on. I
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-09/msg00444.html (7,747 bytes)
- 344. Re: [TenTec] Ten Tec analyzer (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 17:41:46 +0000
- Duane, you are probably right about the connectors. Of course with a PC you get the capability of a pretty nice big color display and all the file management ability for the data so you can put a plo
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-09/msg00452.html (7,683 bytes)
- 345. Re: [TenTec] Orion II (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2005 12:36:41 +0000
- Went to the ten tec website to see if there was anything new there, thinking since they are showing the new rig at the hamfest, they may have coordinated a simultaneous unveiling on the web site. whe
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-10/msg00012.html (10,823 bytes)
- 346. Re: [TenTec] Window line (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2005 13:29:54 +0000
- that's real interesting data on window line. I never fooled around with it because i had heard of the problems, like wind resistance, one or both sides snapping due to metal fatique, and the Z changi
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-10/msg00013.html (8,829 bytes)
- 347. [TenTec] Transmission line loss due to SWR (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 14:47:19 +0000
- One of the reasons why I chose to use open wire feedline for one of my antennas, was that I could not get it big enough to use on the lowest frequency I wanted to operate on with it, and I read in th
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-10/msg00140.html (7,350 bytes)
- 348. [TenTec] re Window line (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 10:53:04 +0000
- hi Dean, good to hear from you. that ~250 w. loss sounds right. i went back and looked at what i wrote. i think i was wrong about the power into the line--i wrote 1 kw, but now that i think about it,
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-10/msg00165.html (6,990 bytes)
- 349. [TenTec] FW: [Fwd: Feedline loss calculator] (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 21:18:19 +0000
- this was posted to tower talk reflector--it is a pretty cool calculator that lets you compare losses of different feedlines keeping other conditions constant. compare for example the loss of 600 ohm
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-10/msg00167.html (7,204 bytes)
- 350. Re: [TenTec] Centurion 40 m. oscillation (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 14:32:33 +0000
- Sounds like the Orion may be sensitive to common mode RF and/or ten tec's fixed tuned input circuits in the centurion. If an 8' jumper is needed you would think they'd say that in the manual. The rea
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-10/msg00220.html (12,141 bytes)
- 351. Re: [TenTec] Centurion 40 m. oscillation (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 21:47:57 +0000
- <<<Hi Rob - Agree with most all your comments - As I dig into the Centurion deeper , there are a lot of corners cut that I would have done differently. My biggest dissatisfaction is with the power su
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-10/msg00228.html (11,762 bytes)
- 352. Re: [TenTec] Centurion 40 m. oscillation (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 22:05:16 +0000
- <<<There is much anecdotal evidence that the type oscillation reported can be due to loose coax fittings -- fittings on jumpers that are not sufficiently on only one band? I doubt it. rob/k5uj ______
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-10/msg00229.html (8,258 bytes)
- 353. Re: [TenTec] Centurion 40 m. oscillation (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 23:38:21 +0000
- <<<There is much anecdotal evidence that the type oscillation reported can be due to loose coax fittings -- fittings on jumpers that are not sufficiently tightened. Replacing the coax with one of a d
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-10/msg00232.html (8,768 bytes)
- 354. Re: [TenTec] Centurion 40 m. oscillation (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 21:30:36 +0000
- <<<No, I do not believe that the problem's occuring on only one band rules out loose cable fittings.>>> Hi Mike, Please explain how this can be--I'm not getting it. It seems to me that a loose feed c
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-10/msg00243.html (9,019 bytes)
- 355. Re: [TenTec] Centurion 40 m. oscillation (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 21:35:49 +0000
- Hi Jim, <<<Rob, Excellent RF theory lesson on Amplifier design considerations.>>> ur welcome--glad to forward that along. <<<It looks like proper tuned input sections on each band can really make a d
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-10/msg00244.html (8,758 bytes)
- 356. Re: [TenTec] Centurion 40 m. oscillation (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 18:00:33 +0000
- Hi Mike, My feeling is that this was a different type of problem. I guess we'll never know for sure. The kind of symptom you describe (RF feedback) is something i have experienced, but I have never s
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-10/msg00264.html (10,035 bytes)
- 357. [TenTec] omni 6 fan (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 13:03:31 +0000
- I have found that if anything needs a fan, it's the matching ten tec linear supply heat sink. but for either one, what works for me is a small cheap plastic 3" diameter 115 v. fan on a little table s
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-10/msg00317.html (6,845 bytes)
- 358. [TenTec] QRP (warning TROLL post) (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 20:39:16 +0000
- I run anywhere from 100w. to as much as my amp can put out, which seems to be around 1.1 kw. I have never had anyone say i'm too strong, please turn it down. but i have had people say I'm too weak; p
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-11/msg00494.html (8,587 bytes)
- 359. [TenTec] Jupiter selectivity (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 17:35:26 +0000
- <<<This power level is just about correct for driving a Centurion to legal AM limit of 375 watts carrier.>>> I'd never drive a centurion to 375 w. cxr on AM. It is simply not up to that kind of duty.
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-12/msg00311.html (8,968 bytes)
- 360. [TenTec] UPS (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 13:42:19 +0000
- Re FedEx ground, does anyone know how they settle damage claims? In my experience with UPS, you are basically hosed. When you file a claim, their process calls for the settlement to take place with t
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-12/msg00347.html (7,288 bytes)
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