- 61. [TenTec] How to Hear the Weak Ones, (score: 1)
- Author: Lee A Crocker <lee_crocker@yahoo.com>
- Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 05:56:27 -0800 (PST)
- <<In reading through all of this it does appear that the antenna is the most upfront part of the station.>> Is this like a pun? <<This is where good confortable headphones come in to play complemente
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-11/msg00299.html (8,721 bytes)
- 62. [TenTec] cw settings (score: 1)
- Author: Lee A Crocker <lee_crocker@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 06:51:28 -0800 (PST)
- Speaking of being picky, is rise time the real parameter we should be concerned with? Rise time is actually a proxy for bandwidth, and I think this is the real parameter we should be measuring especi
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-11/msg00332.html (8,351 bytes)
- 63. [TenTec] RCS-4 (score: 1)
- Author: Lee A Crocker <lee_crocker@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 10:51:35 -0800 (PST)
- Rick I have extensive experiene with this switch. The way it works is in pos 4 there is no voltage on the line and all relays are desenergized. Each of the other are switched by one of the following
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-11/msg00363.html (7,720 bytes)
- 64. [TenTec] Banana boat swing (score: 1)
- Author: Lee A Crocker <lee_crocker@yahoo.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 14:40:05 -0800 (PST)
- Ron, Exactly what skill are YOU displaying when YOU transmit a puny signal and recieve a loud signal? I'm not sure I see anything to brag about. Seems the guy with the braggin rites is the guy who de
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-11/msg00443.html (7,282 bytes)
- 65. [TenTec] Ghiel Chip Instructions (score: 1)
- Author: Lee A Crocker <lee_crocker@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 09:59:30 -0800 (PST)
- I recently aquired a Paragon with the Ghiel chip V 3.0, but I have no instructions. I would be interested in obtainin a copy of these instructions.. I emailed Jack WB8BFS but he never replied. Thanks
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-11/msg00518.html (6,913 bytes)
- 66. [TenTec] Openwire fed differently (score: 1)
- Author: Lee A Crocker <lee_crocker@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2005 12:11:31 -0700 (PDT)
- The idea of twist is to maintain balance in the line. It was done in the old days of television with twin lead to try to get rid of ghosting. For low band operation it probably doesn't make much diff
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-10/msg00060.html (9,234 bytes)
- 67. [TenTec] Openwire fed differently (score: 1)
- Author: Lee A Crocker <lee_crocker@yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2005 14:58:02 -0700 (PDT)
- I have run open wire in multiple configurations from parallel #10's with 6" seperation to parallel #26 with 3/4 spacing. I have tried it twisted and tried it not twisted. The balance meausred with va
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-10/msg00104.html (11,160 bytes)
- 68. [TenTec] Openwire Feed and Transformer (score: 1)
- Author: Lee A Crocker <lee_crocker@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 16:04:47 -0700 (PDT)
- He is using it for 160. His feedline is set up for 450 ohms (#4 aluminum wire on 5" centers) with 9:1 transformers. It would work as well on higher freqs. I did the calcs for 28mhz and the loss for 1
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-10/msg00157.html (7,298 bytes)
- 69. [TenTec] Tuner for Centurion to balanced antenna (score: 1)
- Author: Lee A Crocker <lee_crocker@yahoo.com>
- Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 05:54:00 -0700 (PDT)
- I once built a open wire fed antenna to do just what you propose. It was 132ft flat top at 70ft. Hanging down from each end was a 33ft piece of wire to form an inverted |_| shape. 33ft out along the
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-07/msg00516.html (10,727 bytes)
- 70. [TenTec] Orion - Lemons to Lemonade (score: 1)
- Author: Lee A Crocker <lee_crocker@yahoo.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 05:27:24 -0700 (PDT)
- Yes it would take a minor almost trivial re-write of the firmware. The ideal would be a menu choice to turn on the daughter card if you are using it. This would also allow a change in the menu choice
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-07/msg00807.html (7,483 bytes)
- 71. [TenTec] Orion (score: 1)
- Author: Lee A Crocker <lee_crocker@yahoo.com>
- Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 14:07:38 -0800 (PST)
- My guess is that you need an artificial ground. If the rig is playing RF free with the vertical but has RF with the G5RV, you have common mode RF comming back on the G5RV feedline. An alternative mig
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-12/msg00481.html (9,129 bytes)
- 72. [TenTec] HAPPY ORION OWNER (score: 1)
- Author: Lee A Crocker <lee_crocker@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 10:07:31 -0700 (PDT)
- I have no complaint with my Orion either. It runs adequate QSK for me on both my legal limit amps one on Ant A and one on Ant B. It has a great receiver and sounds good on transmit. I use N4PY softwa
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-09/msg00241.html (6,967 bytes)
- 73. [TenTec] Yaesu FT-1000MP vs Tentec ORION (score: 1)
- Author: Lee A Crocker <lee_crocker@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 07:12:51 -0700 (PDT)
- N4PY's software allows for the memories to be scanned at a variable rate. As well the Sweep function of this software allows you to sweep the band and by using your mouse to click on the peaks you ar
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-07/msg00028.html (7,405 bytes)
- 74. [TenTec] Redesigning the filter section of the Orion IF (score: 1)
- Author: Lee A Crocker <lee_crocker@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 10:03:57 -0700 (PDT)
- Given the results of the INRAD 600hz filter replacing the 1khz filter in the Orion, has anyone looked at modifying the IF board to include all filter position in parallel? could cut a couple of trace
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-07/msg00433.html (8,807 bytes)
- 75. [TenTec] Redesigning the filter section of the Orion IF (score: 1)
- Author: Lee A Crocker <lee_crocker@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 17:00:58 -0700 (PDT)
- Rick Your post was enlightening, and thank you to the others that responded I have 2 questions based on your analysis. By how much is the performance degraded in the case of the 250hz filter using th
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-07/msg00475.html (10,424 bytes)
- 76. [TenTec] Redesigning the filter section of the Orion IF (score: 1)
- Author: Lee A Crocker <lee_crocker@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 15:07:06 -0700 (PDT)
- Bill Thank your for the heads up on the va3ttn site. That did the trick. In looking over the data I agree with your proposal 6.0 2.4 1.8 600 if there is an interest in high performance SSB, 6.0 2.4 1
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-07/msg00549.html (9,410 bytes)
- 77. [TenTec] Orion Roofing Filters (score: 1)
- Author: Lee A Crocker <lee_crocker@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 10:52:15 -0700 (PDT)
- Mark why don't you switch the 500 and 250 and see if the loss behavior changes to the 500hz position. This would, I believe, virtually diagnose a bad 250hz filter Lee W9OY
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-07/msg00777.html (9,003 bytes)
- 78. [TenTec] My Orion (score: 1)
- Author: Lee A Crocker <lee_crocker@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 14:24:33 -0700 (PDT)
- there are several new methods available to get my problems resolved, with which I am proceeding at this time. Once the problems are resolved, I would be glad to share the information with anyone int
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-06/msg00865.html (9,401 bytes)
- 79. Re: [TenTec] End Fed Zepp (score: 1)
- Author: "Lee A Crocker" <lee_crocker@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 08:51:14 -0500
- I ran an end fed zep out of my apartment for several years while I was in school, and it was not more susceptible to RF "in the shack" than any other antenna I have used. The antenna was 130 feet of
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-03/msg00781.html (8,386 bytes)
- 80. [TenTec] Re: Contour's Shuttle PRO V2 (score: 1)
- Author: "Lee A Crocker" <lee_crocker@yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 23:22:45 -0500
- I would especially be interested in knowing if you can use it in conjunction with the ten tec remote simultaneously, and if it can control the radio connected to a remote computer through XP remote d
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-03/msg00860.html (6,908 bytes)
This search system is powered by
Namazu