I certainly agree it's about time to change to something besides an RS232 port Including a serial port means the customer must shop carefully to make sure they can hook up their rig. Todays most comm
Well, if the object is to sell radios and accessories the features should accomodate the maximum number of potential purchasers. I suspect many hams are in my situation. I would like to connect two r
Hi: The speaker, singular, takes a standard 1/4" telephone plug. One key jack is a standard telephone jack just to the right of the headphone jack on the front panel, the other is a 1/8" stereo jack
Tom, W7QF, has posted an excellent overview of the Orion. From the operating side, mine works both with my 87A and the Titan. Very convenient, since I can essentially search and pounce for DX and che
Hi Grant: the 307B is an excellent speaker, and it sounds great on the Orion. In fact, the only speaker I have tried that outperforms the 307B is my Hallicrafters R-42. And that big boy is hard to be
Speakers are pretty much a matter of personal taste. There have been several postings touting the Radio Shack/RCA $29.95 cube. I have a couple, they are all right, but as a sound reproducer the 307 i
As my dad used to say, "There's one guy in every bunch who wants an egg in his beer." Personally, I look forward to the operating system updates, glitch fixes, and so on. At the moment, I'm too busy
I second Tommy, WD4K's, comments on the Orion. The primary reciever is by far the best receiver ever to hit my shack. And excepting Japan Radio, I have owned most of the TOL radios and used the rest.
Well, since I'm still in the "dark ages" with a DOS computer and no 'net connection in the shack I have not upgraded my Orion. Yet. But I am in no hurry since I'm enjoying the out of the box performa
Hmm - the panoramic audio worked as it should when I had time to try it - except the tones were reversed. I thought at the time that it was probably one of those "been working 36 hours straight, whic
HI: As a very pleased Orion owner, no the optional filters are NOT necessary for CW. In fact, mine came with the options turned off, and it was several days before I got far enough down in the manual
I have "set my Orion down by another rig," or actually had rigs brought to my shack for a comparison. The results were quite interesting, to say the least - and the results were very definite when co
Personally, I'm more'n a little amused at the thought of my tuning for CQ's on a second band while working a station on the first band. They guys who do that are a whole lot better coordinated than I
Since the broadcast publication of very private information has already occured, I do have people who insist on ordering items by E-mail and including credit card numbers. This is roughly as dangerou
Hi: the DSP on the VI + or the Option 3 is outstanding. It's been so long since I had my VI's Optioned I don't remember how good it was before the conversion, but I have found very few rigs whose DSP
Well, the Omni VI+ DSP is excellent on CW, pretty decent on SSB. Not that it's anything you would want to use during an evening ragchew - because that would get annoying pretty quickly. Just like eve
RE: the Code Warrior is a VERY NICE little key. I have never tried the Kent, but I have a dozen or so assorted keys around the shack and the Warrior more than holds its own. 73 Pete Allen AC5E
Well, my Titan has been my daily driver for a dozen years and I have always been impressed with how smooth and easy the tune and load controls move. The poly sheets are thinner than the interplate sp