Rick, As a former Paragon owner (with a similar experience as yours about twelve years ago), I believe the OMNI-VII (my current primary radio) with at least the 500 Hz mechanical filter will satisfy
Not trying to argue Barry, see and hear Rob Sherwood's explanation at the Boulder Amateur Radio Club. Play the audio while viewing the slides. The OMNI-VII gets to play in the CW contests IF it has a
Rob Sherwood explains in http://www.sherweng.com/audio/Sherwood_CU_2008_final_b.wmv What dynamic range is possible and needed for CW? 80 dB or better @ 2 kHz including the 2007 Ten-Tec Omni-VII: 80 d
Last night while operating in the 160M CW contest, the TUNE and PWR buttons of my OMNI-VII were erratic and difficult to get to work, requiring many presses to engage or disengage. After reloading th
There's a reason I keep my CORSAIR-II with its external VFO operating daily; its an excellent radio and it compares favorably to more modern radios from TenTec as demonstrated in Sherwood Engineering
Dave, Depending upon what you are interfacing with, you may be able to use a decoder similar to the one I built to drive my 253 Antenna Coupler. See http://tentecwiki.org/doku.php?id=253banddecoder 7
Happy New Year Dave! I'm 66 and do not want to build surface mount when I can avoid it. My band decoder uses a board assembly from United Microsystems (about $20) and DIP relays mounted on a project
Unlike the original PARAGON (585) which used a 9V battery to retain memory when the PS was turned off, the PARAGON-II (586) has a microprocessor internal power cell which has a rating of 8 to 10 year
Looks like Mike nailed it. $20 in parts to fix the problem. See the data sheet at http://www.alliedelec.com/images/products/datasheets/bm/DALLAS_SEMICONDUCTOR/70127784.pdf 73 ES DX, Gary -- AB9M Hell
I found Jameco has product in stock for $13 at http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10001_10001_114260_-1 the data sheet says that each chip has a AABB (year year week week) date o
Rich, my original (S/N 425-00516) Titan-425, smoked the plate choke right after I purchased it in May 1990. I believe the replacement is not continuous spacing but has several sections to avoid a res
My Titan-425 also failed on 15 meters, the first time I used it there. My Titan-425 is actually silkscreened as Model 425E on the back and came with 10 Meters functional. The individual I purchased i
Jim, just verifying my understanding of the following; Green (Grounded) and White (Neutral) bond ONLY at the MDP (Main Distribution Panel). Green wire must run with neutral to main or supplemental pa
Carl, I sold my OMNI-VI+ of ten years after trying out a OMNI-VII for thirty days. While I had worked lots of DX with the OMNI-VI+, I was concerned about parts availability. My OMNI-VII was purchased
My Corsair-II ('88 build) also stops at about 3.5 on 20m with otherwise S-4 PSK-31 signals with the gain turned full CW. I find that the band switch and other controls need to be exercised occasional
Bob, you may want to use REVO Uninstaller <http://www.revouninstaller.com/revo_uninstaller_free_download.html> which I've used and which is also a recommended uninstall solution at the DXLab Suite si
For black covers as with the Drake R4-B receiver, I used to use Barbecue Black from Rust-Oleum..... looking at their website, I don't see that, but they do have a hammered series as well as a texture
I agree with Bob, the Corsair II in the configuration you (Jack, K1VT) listed is arguably the best analog radio built for the price. Dual receive - great for the pile-ups even today! 73 ES DX, Gary -
My Ten-Tec story follows; First licensed 1973 with Novice call-sign WN9NEH, station equipment consisting for the majority of two years was a Hammarlund HQ-180, Hallicrafters HT-40, Heathkit HG-10 VFO
Lee, I have to agree with your comments regarding your first impressions of TenTec radios. When I started using my first TenTec, the OMNI-D, it was so different from the Yaesu FT-101 in operation and