indicate that the price should be even lower than what it is today. I believe the original $595 may have been the right price, but a perceived high demand for their product may have led them to belie
I still like the idea of an anodized aluminum front panel with a choice of colors, and perhaps a clear Lexan mask surrounding the controls (e.g., the RX-340). Anodizing is an interesting process: it
In my opinion, the only unbiased and revealing product reviews came from the ARRL's Rus Healy and Dave Newkirk during the early to mid '90s.....neither of which are employed by the League today. -Pau
That is why I take the tested and published IMD figures with a grain of salt. The Omni Six displayed spectacular IMD figures at 14 MHz and the Omni Six Plus displayed IM distortion some 20 dB worse.
I think it can be explained and measured. I tend to spend more time operating my Pegasus than I do when using my other transceivers. The Peagsus' receive audio response is wider than most receivers.
Orion way Hopefully so. My Pegasus and RX-340 commercial DSP rigs are nearly 100% SMD and auto-assembled. I have experienced zero product defects with either radio. Taking the human element out of a
I've seen some very professional looking homebrew storage units made of wood for the Scout modules. Kinda' late now, but that would have been a nice accessory. -Paul, W9AC
Do you really mean Jack Burchfield? I can't speak for the Scout's mobile frequency stability but my Scout's fixed-station instability was totally manageable once I figured out how to manipulate the
What posts? Ohhh...those four messages must be filtered by my e-mail reader ;-) -Paul Awe come on guys, isn't anyone else going to take a shot at commenting on all 4 of Larry's (VA3LK) original quest
I for one am glad the PA is limited to 100-watts. While a pair of 3-500Z's may need the added boost, those of us with amps that only require 25-35 watts of input drive find anything in the 200-watt
Between the lessons learned from the design of both the low-noise Kachina 505DSP and Ten-Tec RX-340 DSP products, I think we're going to find a new level of low-noise synthesizer in the Orion. If th
The CW indicator LED on the FT-1000D works like this. It compares the incoming signal with the selected sidetone frequency and lights the LED in concert with the incoming station when you tune within
As long as the black material can be cleaned reasonably well, I'm OK with it. Several years ago, and during a fleeting moment when I lost my senses, I purchased a FT-1000MP. It was nearly impossible
I think what Tom meant to say was the K2 is an example of how careless OTHER designers are...not the K2 designers....and that there's nothing truly remarkable about the K2 design. It's a shame that f
This is the primary reason why I have never purchased an ICOM. Every time I've considered trying a 756PROII, I get "gun shy," wondering if my equipment purchase will drop in value by nearly $1K imme
A most excellent response Scott and on behalf of the entire Ten-Tec community, thank you for staying tuned to your customers. This is the exactly the kind of factory dialog that will assist in dispel
The 1 dB single-tone acoustical differential is 1) a measurement of Sound Pressure Level (SPL) by the ear and is not referenced to R.F. level, and 2) is only approximate and is a function of audio f
The operative word here is "reasonable." Al, I don't disagree with your statement in the least, but for most of us, securing a vector signal analyzer simply isn't an option for our measurements. -Pau
In theory, I believe that some of the sound card analysis programs can work, but I'm not sure if they sample fast enough to detect the change in pitch...although we're probably speaking of less than