- 61. [TenTec] URGENT NOTICE: Long Distance E-mail (score: 1)
- Author: patents@dx0man.prestel.co.uk (patents@dx0man.prestel.co.uk)
- Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 00:27:47 +0100 (BST)
- Most of us already have no free calls here in UK ... every call is charged, although at present it is usually at local call rates. This is not unduly expensive, but if they can get away with charging
- /archives//html/TenTec/1999-05/msg00114.html (10,327 bytes)
- 62. [TenTec] Ten Tec SSB User's Net (score: 1)
- Author: patents@dx0man.prestel.co.uk (patents@dx0man.prestel.co.uk)
- Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 00:05:13 +0100 (BST)
- OK I checked in, at 2330 local time. But next time I hope the conditions are a bit better. For the record, I was there at 2200Z but no-one heard me call in. Not too surprising because the Omni-V was
- /archives//html/TenTec/1999-05/msg00207.html (10,608 bytes)
- 63. [TenTec] 20 Meter Scout Loop Antenna (score: 1)
- Author: patents@dx0man.prestel.co.uk (patents@dx0man.prestel.co.uk)
- Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 22:53:06 +0100 (BST)
- I have used similar antennas for years. If you have only one pole or tree, then use it in a diamond shape. Tie the corners out with string if you do not (or cannot) use a horizontal spreader. The bot
- /archives//html/TenTec/1999-05/msg00454.html (10,432 bytes)
- 64. [TenTec] 238 Tuner (score: 1)
- Author: patents@dx0man.prestel.co.uk (patents@dx0man.prestel.co.uk)
- Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 09:21:13 +0100 (BST)
- I also put a small wire wound resistor in series with the lamps in my Hercules II, to reduce the brightness and to prolong their life. So far no failure, but avoid replacing the Herc lamps with anyth
- /archives//html/TenTec/1999-05/msg00498.html (11,149 bytes)
- 65. [TenTec] new logging software (score: 1)
- Author: patents@dx0man.prestel.co.uk (patents@dx0man.prestel.co.uk)
- Date: Sat, 03 Apr 1999 23:37:02 +0100 (BST)
- Always interested in software for the Omni-V ... I've been using a commercial logging package for several years now and am beta-testing an improved version right now. The Omni-V interface is unfriend
- /archives//html/TenTec/1999-04/msg00037.html (8,525 bytes)
- 66. [TenTec] Paragon "PLL Out of Lock" (score: 1)
- Author: patents@dx0man.prestel.co.uk (patents@dx0man.prestel.co.uk)
- Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 00:47:16 +0100 (BST)
- Just a thought - is your DC supply voltage a tad low for some reason or other ?? I believe that lower than normal voltage can cause strange problems in the PLL area. But the best bet has to be the ad
- /archives//html/TenTec/1999-04/msg00180.html (9,152 bytes)
- 67. [TenTec] Left out? (score: 1)
- Author: patents@dx0man.prestel.co.uk (patents@dx0man.prestel.co.uk)
- Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 00:47:10 +0100 (BST)
- I think you also missed Gary Green ... shame on you. And you should feel sorry for these guys. They even get phone calls from jerks like me, calling very long distance with impossible problems that I
- /archives//html/TenTec/1999-04/msg00181.html (8,117 bytes)
- 68. [TenTec] pc interference in my Omni V (score: 1)
- Author: patents@dx0man.prestel.co.uk (patents@dx0man.prestel.co.uk)
- Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 00:46:54 +0100 (BST)
- Hi Scott My xyl just brought me a bottle of Maltese wine as a present ... so far I did not risk tasting it, but the hand-written label suggests it might cure most things including noises from my comp
- /archives//html/TenTec/1999-04/msg00182.html (11,538 bytes)
- 69. [TenTec] Operating CW (score: 1)
- Author: patents@dx0man.prestel.co.uk (patents@dx0man.prestel.co.uk)
- Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 22:29:59 +0100 (BST)
- I agree that a hand key is a good start, but if you start with a hand key, do try to set it up correctly. If the spring tension requires you to jump up and down to close the key, then its going to ti
- /archives//html/TenTec/1999-04/msg00234.html (12,444 bytes)
- 70. [TenTec] Ten Tec Tubes sounds great... (score: 1)
- Author: patents@dx0man.prestel.co.uk (patents@dx0man.prestel.co.uk)
- Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 22:29:49 +0100 (BST)
- I have worked into the USA from here on 40 CW with around 4 watts from a single 6V6 tube. I worked all continents from GC3JAG/P with that power. I still have the tube and the crystals, but not the ri
- /archives//html/TenTec/1999-04/msg00235.html (11,003 bytes)
- 71. [TenTec] Operating CW (score: 1)
- Author: patents@dx0man.prestel.co.uk (patents@dx0man.prestel.co.uk)
- Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 01:16:27 +0100 (BST)
- Agreed; the Superkeyer III is a great little gizmo. It has only one snag for me. It does not run in the "Ultimatic" mode; its iambic. For those unfamiliar with the Ultimatic keyer of yesteryear, (12
- /archives//html/TenTec/1999-04/msg00263.html (9,918 bytes)
- 72. [TenTec] Covers (score: 1)
- Author: patents@dx0man.prestel.co.uk (patents@dx0man.prestel.co.uk)
- Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 01:07:17 +0100 (BST)
- Plastic covers for things like computer printers are available and I'm sure someone makes covers for most rigs. I got a cover for my TR-7 at a ham radio store in upstate NY years ago. In the meantime
- /archives//html/TenTec/1999-04/msg00287.html (9,653 bytes)
- 73. [TenTec] Ok, if the Argo was/is so popular..... (score: 1)
- Author: patents@dx0man.prestel.co.uk (patents@dx0man.prestel.co.uk)
- Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 00:33:36 +0100 (BST)
- Most of the rest of the world has only 7000-7100. Of that only 7000-7030 is really used for CW. Data and SSB have the rest, with SSB taking all of 7040-7100. The area above 7100 is stuffed with over-
- /archives//html/TenTec/1999-04/msg00307.html (13,139 bytes)
- 74. [TenTec] Herc II Current requirements (score: 1)
- Author: patents@dx0man.prestel.co.uk (patents@dx0man.prestel.co.uk)
- Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 00:34:22 +0100 (BST)
- Its not in the manual, as far as I know, but my meter says its almost nothing. At full output, its drawing around a KW from the AC supply, so its not unusual for the panel lights (and maybe the house
- /archives//html/TenTec/1999-04/msg00308.html (9,128 bytes)
- 75. [TenTec] filters (score: 1)
- Author: patents@dx0man.prestel.co.uk (patents@dx0man.prestel.co.uk)
- Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 01:43:57 +0100 (BST)
- You CAN work CW effectively with only the stock TT SSB filters, but under crowded band conditions it takes a fair bit of practice to do it. Its much more comfortable to listen to a narrower bandwidth
- /archives//html/TenTec/1999-04/msg00381.html (11,839 bytes)
- 76. [TenTec] Re: CW pleasures (score: 1)
- Author: patents@dx0man.prestel.co.uk (patents@dx0man.prestel.co.uk)
- Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 01:22:39 +0100 (BST)
- The key part is the mind of the operator ... with practice and not a little determination its amazing how good the mental filter gets. So if you cannot afford an OMNI-VI with all bells and whistles,
- /archives//html/TenTec/1999-04/msg00407.html (11,270 bytes)
- 77. [TenTec] Filter capacity of Omni 6??? (score: 1)
- Author: patents@dx0man.prestel.co.uk (patents@dx0man.prestel.co.uk)
- Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 00:51:01 +0100 (BST)
- Sounds about right. Its exactly the same as the Omni-V, but in the 6+ you get to choose from two possible additional (optional) filters at 9 mHz instead of just one. Only two filters at 9 mHz can act
- /archives//html/TenTec/1999-04/msg00466.html (13,729 bytes)
- 78. [TenTec] Power Line QRN? (score: 1)
- Author: patents@dx0man.prestel.co.uk (patents@dx0man.prestel.co.uk)
- Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 00:03:40 +0100 (BST)
- (i) my MFJ manual strongly advises against trying to run full QSK; it recommends that you hitch the thing to the keyer output, so it goes off line as fast as possible, but the time delay pot should N
- /archives//html/TenTec/1999-04/msg00520.html (11,362 bytes)
- 79. [TenTec] Hercules II vacuum relay (score: 1)
- Author: patents@dx0man.prestel.co.uk (patents@dx0man.prestel.co.uk)
- Date: Sun, 07 Mar 1999 21:03:33 -0000 (GMT)
- Talk nicely to your TenTec .. I discovered another "fix" for my sticking vacuum relay problem. All I had to do was throw a heap of money at it. I have not even had to open the Herc II box ..... yet.
- /archives//html/TenTec/1999-03/msg00101.html (8,056 bytes)
- 80. [TenTec] Omni V Mic Drive (score: 1)
- Author: patents@dx0man.prestel.co.uk (patents@dx0man.prestel.co.uk)
- Date: Sun, 07 Mar 1999 21:36:23 -0000 (GMT)
- I find that the drive level needed for the Herc II varies from band to band, but not that much ... 160 needs more drive than any other band; 12 and 10 also need more, but not as much. This seems to b
- /archives//html/TenTec/1999-03/msg00103.html (11,409 bytes)
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