- 141. [TenTec] Re: Paragon II (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@verizon.net>
- Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 12:20:09 -1000
- Hi all, I have recently purchased a Paragon II and have been doing some basic checks to see whether is fully functional. It is not putting out a full 100 watts in CW mode on the higher bands. I wonde
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-02/msg00683.html (10,228 bytes)
- 142. [TenTec] Re: Paragon II (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@verizon.net>
- Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 13:59:07 -1000
- Hi all, I have recently purchased a Paragon II and have been doing some basic checks to see whether is fully functional. It is not putting out a full 100 watts in CW mode on the higher bands. I wonde
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-02/msg00685.html (9,891 bytes)
- 143. [TenTec] Re: Paragon II (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@verizon.net>
- Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 14:11:42 -1000
- Hi all, Sorry about the previous postings wherin the power output data was illegible, here is another try. I have recently purchased a Paragon II and have been doing some basic checks to see whether
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-02/msg00686.html (9,291 bytes)
- 144. Re: [TenTec] Re: [WCARC] BPL Rollout A PLAN of ACTION (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@verizon.net>
- Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2004 21:38:37 -1000
- Someone asked what this has to do with Ten-Tec. What it comes down to is that your radio, Ten-Tec or any brand, will become totally useless if BPL becomes widespread. If BPL can be made to operate so
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-03/msg00112.html (8,523 bytes)
- 145. Re: [TenTec] Omni6+ and Opt3 (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@verizon.net>
- Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 19:16:03 -1000
- Hi Vern, I have been wondering the same thing. I know of two differences 1) $300.00 and 2) the word "PLUS" on the front panel. If you find out any other differences, please let me know too. Ken N6KB
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-03/msg00221.html (7,058 bytes)
- 146. Re: [TenTec] HERC II low power......ugh... (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@verizon.net>
- Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 22:13:00 -1000
- Hi Bill, I have never serviced an HF transistor PA. However I have repaired many General Electric Mastr II UHF PAs and a few VHF ones and some other miscellaneous VHF and UHF PAs too. I would say tha
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-03/msg00223.html (10,722 bytes)
- 147. Re: [TenTec] 80m antenna suggestion (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@verizon.net>
- Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 07:11:11 -1000
- I was just reading REFLECTIONS and found that double bazooka antennas are broadband because they are lossy. For maximum generated field strength you will do better with a plain dipole, with higher SW
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-03/msg00295.html (9,244 bytes)
- 148. Re: [TenTec] 80m antenna suggestion (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@verizon.net>
- Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 07:36:32 -1000
- Hi Pete, A fattened (cage) dipole is broader band than a skinny dipole, and I did not think they were lossy. Ken ac5e@comcast.net wrote: Chuckle - even back in prehistoric times we knew the only way
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-03/msg00301.html (8,647 bytes)
- 149. Re: [TenTec] 80m antenna suggestion (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@verizon.net>
- Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 12:33:51 -1000
- Unfortunately, about 10 years ago, the German (Deutsche) Amateur Radio Club (DARC) changed the field day contest rules and now only allow one elevated mast. That killed the loop for us since it typic
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-03/msg00375.html (9,112 bytes)
- 150. Re: [TenTec] An Icom 7800 Conspiracy Theory (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@verizon.net>
- Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 12:49:10 -1000
- At "under $11,000" (as mentioned in the latest ARRL Letter), if Icom 7800 sales really take off, then the divorce rate in the U.S. will skyrocket. Therefore, this rig is plainly an element of a vast
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-03/msg00403.html (9,204 bytes)
- 151. Re: [TenTec] Omni VI - soldered joints. Caution. (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@verizon.net>
- Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 15:01:09 -1000
- Hi Mike, Properly made solder joints should not deteriorate enough to cause a failure in your lifetime, except perhaps in a corrosive environment. If the soldering was not done properly in the first
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-03/msg00619.html (8,192 bytes)
- 152. Re: [TenTec] Orion vs. RX-340 TT Rcvrs. (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@verizon.net>
- Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 15:14:53 -1000
- Jim, The Orion receiver you are comparing the 340 to is the "primary" receiver, not the "sub" receiver? Ken N6KB _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-03/msg00657.html (7,652 bytes)
- 153. Re: [TenTec] Orion vs. RX-340 TT Rcvrs. (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@verizon.net>
- Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 17:06:12 -1000
- Hi again Jim, I would be interested to know how the 340 compares to the Orion "sub" receiver. I thought that they were pretty much the same. I guess that was an incorrect notion. Ken N6KB ___________
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-03/msg00664.html (7,896 bytes)
- 154. Re: [TenTec] BPL Update (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@verizon.net>
- Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 17:39:03 -1000
- Hi John, What you have said makes sense, because you are using logic. Reading the BPL industry's comments, it is clear that they are quite immune to reason and logic, and are in complete denial that
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-03/msg00756.html (9,713 bytes)
- 155. [TenTec] Omni VI low TX power (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@verizon.net>
- Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 18:43:16 -1000
- Hi all, My Omni VI TX power output is low. Only about 60 watts output on 160 meters. I have inspected the PA and LPF, and reflowed solder there too. Immediately after doing so the power was up to mor
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-03/msg00757.html (7,470 bytes)
- 156. Re: [TenTec] Omni VI low TX power (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@verizon.net>
- Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 21:04:25 -1000
- Hi Mike, Thanks for the suggestion. I have received other suggestions that the problem is voltage drop in the 12 VDC supply to the rig. I sort of doubt that is the problem, because the power drops af
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-03/msg00779.html (8,452 bytes)
- 157. Re: [TenTec] BPL Update (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@verizon.net>
- Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 13:35:10 -1000
- I've got to say very much UNLIKE Amateur Radio. NAB represents broadcasters. Paid political announcements on TV probably have more influence on the voting public than any other media. So NAB has a lo
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-03/msg00786.html (9,154 bytes)
- 158. Re: [TenTec] Omni VI low TX power (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@verizon.net>
- Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 17:03:56 -1000
- Try plugging a voltmeter into the 12v accessory RCA jack on the rear of the Omni. Hi Mike, Voltage at accessory power RCA PHONO jack: Receive or key down with PWR at minimum = 13.6 VDC key down RF ou
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-03/msg00796.html (10,238 bytes)
- 159. Re: [TenTec] OT: Radios? Why are they Radios? (Was Radio debate) (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@verizon.net>
- Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 17:38:50 -1000
- We're hams. We have rigs. We don't need no stinkin' radios. Next, the shack will be called the radio room. Hi Rob, What's even worse is when they ask "base station or mobile?" I hear "base station" a
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-03/msg00831.html (7,350 bytes)
- 160. Re: [TenTec] OT: Radios? Why are they Radios? (Was Radio debate) (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@verizon.net>
- Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 19:50:34 -1000
- Actually the term "Elmer" is a fairly recent one. It was not in use in the late sixties when I was studying for my Novice, and I never heard that term until perhaps the eighties. I got my mentoring f
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-03/msg00867.html (8,181 bytes)
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