<< Fortunately I've never been forced to use anything other than resonant antennas fed with good quality 50 ohm coaxial cable. If you're bound and determined to use open wire feeders to one of the ma
this be the right place.. lots of info on the orion.. current threads iare about feel of the knobs, and does the new color screan have/need a screen saver.. tom N6AJR
If you send dits with the WHY would this be a problem Come on guys if you turn the radio off and key it doesn't keep up either.. sometimes I wonder.. Keeping the "old " Orion and having fun. tom N6AJ
I know what you mean Hank, my comment was directed at the question of why you would spin the tuning knob while sending cw.. sometimes the threads on this reflector get a bit bizarre.. I'm hanging on
I vote for neither: it was my XYL who approached me one day, we were talking about finances and stuff, and she suggested it time for new radio. When I told her about the Orion she was taken aback, bu
I don't know how its optimized, but on my O1 I get good reports, "they" say it sounds like the icom 746 pro, on the hm-10 with the 5 element switch.. nice audio, unsolicited reports, I like it, even
for what it's worth, I called paul at ten tec about my new alpha 87 a and the orion. I normally do not operate qsk. he said for normal semi break in just use the orion out to the rly in on the alpha
A ground tuner for how much $ ? You could buy a 500 foot spool of 14 AWG stranded insulated wire for the same $ and have a quarter wavelength counterpoise wire for every band, with wire left over. No
Well I called up the folks at POCO sales and talked to one off the folks there, and I explained what I was doing ( looking for 22 amps for Orion). He sent me 3 ( $9.25 per and $25 minimum, so 3 seeme
I understand that they mount through a single hole the reset switch sticks through. I am going to make a 12 volt box , with the breaker in it, a goesinta- goesouta box.. tom N6AJR ""Never having seen
I got my Airpax in the mail today, mounted it in a small box with a couple of anderson power poles on each end. I plugged it in line for the orion. and I guess I am protected.. I purchased mine throu
I ordered the ones recommended in the past note I forwarded from POCO. Airpark..T11-20.0A-01-11C-V @$9.25 minimum order of three which equal $27.75 plus UPS shipping. Hope this helps. 73 David this i
there is a component in side the tube called a "getter" and if storing a tube for any length of time while in the radio it is good practice for you to turn on the amp for a bit ( like an hour) once a
the 572 is pretty much a drop in replacement for a 811, BUT you can buy 3 brand new 811's at ameritron, for about $50 or buy 1 572 for $60. most rigs can not use the extra "room " available in the 57
I am not a Tube expert by any means but This is supposed to be true, I run all my metal tubes for an hour or so each months, and I suppose this also keeps everything else good too. ( cap etc.) . I am
again, an interesting discussion on the Getter !!.. I guess a lot of us have amps and this is good info. I just bought a alpah 87 a, and I let that cook for a couple of hours before applying any rf t