- 61. Re: [TenTec] This is war, STOP QUOTING IT! (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 11:33:41 -0400
- I agree completely. Unfortunately, some of us are using email software that automatically quotes the entire message (and don't think enough before hitting "send"). Gmail (which I use) reduces the quo
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-07/msg01013.html (8,277 bytes)
- 62. Re: [TenTec] The future of The Orion I (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 11:47:17 -0400
- I agree with most of this. One upshot is that if they get features working on O I, they should work even better on O II, because the faster processor gives more "headroom" for processes to run. On th
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-07/msg01015.html (10,305 bytes)
- 63. Re: [TenTec] An O2 request (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 12:39:58 -0400
- I think USB is problematic for ham gear unless it is limited to a strict serial port emulation. That's because anything else probably requires special I/O drivers to be loaded in your computer. The s
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-07/msg01021.html (10,985 bytes)
- 64. Re: [TenTec] An(other) O2 request (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 08:27:29 -0400
- I've been using a Keyspan USB to 4 serial port box for some time without RFI issues, FWIW. There is a lot that radio vendors could do (and eventually will, IMO) to provide better interfaces. I just b
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-07/msg01074.html (10,155 bytes)
- 65. Re: [TenTec] The future of The Orion I (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 00:02:02 -0400
- It's a problem with most every radio these days. I still keep my TS-520S around for the day when nothing else works. 73 Martin AA6E -- martin.ewing@gmail.com http://blog.aa6e.net ____________________
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-07/msg01124.html (10,384 bytes)
- 66. Re: [TenTec] Orion II Spec's (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 00:16:06 -0400
- I was puzzled by that bit about freq. stability. In my understanding: a. frequency stability is not much of a problem, and b. all frequencies are derived from the 44.55 MHz TCXO. So unless you get a
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-07/msg01125.html (8,839 bytes)
- 67. [TenTec] frequency stabilization (Orion) (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 16:53:03 -0400
- Now for something completely different. I've been trying to tweak my Orion TCXO to get it more accurate after warmup. I have had some success, getting it to come within 0.4 ppm (4 Hz at 10 MHz) or so
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-07/msg01152.html (7,835 bytes)
- 68. Re: [TenTec] frequency stabilization (Orion) (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 20:24:20 -0400
- To answer my own question: I was probably thinking of the CT1DMK reflock boards. See http://gref.cfn.ist.utl.pt/cupido/reflock.html . Orion's TCXO is a Siward TXO32 series part, as close as I can tel
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-07/msg01162.html (9,584 bytes)
- 69. Re: [TenTec] Orion II Spec's (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 16:33:31 -0400
- New engineering has been done. The color LCD (and additional support for it) add to parts cost. There is some inflation. Who knows, maybe the red dot will come back. And TT gets to set the price to m
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-07/msg01216.html (9,244 bytes)
- 70. Re: [TenTec] mac os x (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 16:45:05 -0400
- This is what you get in Fedora Core 3 as updated: $ gcc --version gcc (GCC) 3.4.4 20050721 (Red Hat 3.4.4-2) Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Check http://gcc.gnu.org/ if you want mo
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-07/msg01217.html (11,670 bytes)
- 71. Re: [TenTec] Filters, amps and IMD, etc (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 10:10:45 -0400
- No amplifier is perfect, and every added amp will add to the IMD problem, especially if it's on the input side of a filter, where a broad band of interfering signals can get amplified and mixed toget
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-07/msg01233.html (10,264 bytes)
- 72. [TenTec] Orion TCXO adjustment (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 22:58:00 -0400
- My method of tweaking the Orion's TCXO for best frequency accuracy is described and illustrated at http://blog.aa6e.net . No, you don't need to do this for normal operation, unless you really want to
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-08/msg00063.html (6,986 bytes)
- 73. Re: [TenTec] RF problem (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 16:16:22 -0400
- All the recommendations so far are about treating the symptoms, not the cause of your trouble. You should not have so much RF in the shack. A balun or unun at your antenna and/or where your feedline
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-08/msg00098.html (8,709 bytes)
- 74. Re: [TenTec] Good Surge Supressor (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 14:32:21 -0400
- I recently installed a single-point ground system, for lightning and surge protection. I used the Polyphaser PLDO box for the AC line, which is very well built, but not cheap - $170. It protects the
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-08/msg00424.html (8,464 bytes)
- 75. Re: [TenTec] FW: 565 Orion v2.0 firmware released to beta (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 22:15:26 -0400
- right can make a big difference. So it's definitely possible that the redesigned firmware will solve most of the problems people have seen in v1.x. Whether it turns out that way, we'll have to wait a
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-08/msg00476.html (8,842 bytes)
- 76. Re: [TenTec] 565 Orion v2.0 firmware released to beta testers (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 22:28:32 -0400
- I haven't volunteered to be a tester, because I think I know how much time and work it would be to do it right, even though it would be very interesting. Hats off to the hams who quietly do this serv
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-08/msg00479.html (8,003 bytes)
- 77. Re: [TenTec] Orion vs SDR-1000 (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 17:01:38 -0400
- Seems to me that the open source software development for the SDR-1000 is a big plus with few negatives. You get faster development (more man-hours of development and test), faster bugfixes, and lots
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-08/msg00574.html (9,890 bytes)
- 78. Re: [TenTec] Orion vs SDR-1000 (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 22:06:54 -0400
- There is no free lunch. Sometimes there is a "pre-paid lunch". Or maybe software development work is paid for out of current sales revenue. I.e., if they stop selling Orions (I or II), how much more
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-08/msg00587.html (9,056 bytes)
- 79. Re: [TenTec] Orion vs SDR-1000 (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 15:55:22 -0400
- Interesting idea. I imagine the existing code is built with licensed 3rd party libraries that could not be released in source. There's a big Xylinx chip in there. I suspect the only well-formatted do
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-09/msg00007.html (9,272 bytes)
- 80. Re: [TenTec] Orion II in QST (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 20:54:48 -0400
- It is strange that a color screen image for the O II was not available at announcement time or even now a month (?) before shipping. Other vendors have not been reticent like that -- even if they mak
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-09/msg00209.html (8,118 bytes)
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