Yes, Rick does a really nice job explaining stuff. I am privileged that he has taught me a LOT over the last year or so... despite my occasional stubborn streak. -- K8JHR -- Great work, very helpful
Er... um... 70 amps... yeah, that should do it. __________________ K8JHR _____________ i found a used ameritron 70 amp power supply more than enough ______________________________________
My bad. I am sorry... I got corn fused and thought this was in another, more general thread about power supplies... Duh... sorry... ya can all disregard my take cause I don't know enough about the He
Timely post, Wade... the lights in my Astron meters have burned out... no big deal, because the meter works OK, but it is still kinda aggravating considering the unit has hardly been used and the war
No argument with Barry's suggestion, although I think it would be hard to find more efficient headphones than 8 ohms. My suggestion is to try an inexpensive headphone amplifier. These cost from $20 a
Other than say passive noise reduction works better than active noise reduction... and the comment that less expensive, lower performance headphones may work better, I did not find it particularly en
Cool -- I sent this tip to a couple of guys I have lunch with. One has special hearing aids he connects directly to the rig somehow, and they play like little headphones right into his ear, as they a
Right. Check your whole setup. Check the antenna; the connections (are they free from shorts and have good continuity, and are they all snugged up; check your microphone and other connectors; check t
Hi - Is the Omni VII built-in speech processor function RF-based or AF-based? The manual says it is an RF-based function, but I thought I was told differently when they sold me a Model 715 RF-based p
Fascinating. As a headset junkie, I thank you for the link. Of course,it will take a while for those to become affordable. -- K8JHR -- ___________________________________________________ .
Interesting - Stan at TenTec HQ says the Omni VII built-in speech compressor uses "AF Based" compression. And... yet... Page 31 of my owner's manual states: "The speech processor used in the Omni VII
Interesting development, John. With more than 80 hams on frequency, the net closes before everyone can get checked in. So, instead of accommodating them, you will further restrict participation by tr
HOLD THE PHONE, GUYS.... IT IS AN RF-BASED COMPRESSOR AFTER ALL! HERE IS WHAT STAN BROCK SENT TODAY, which appears to have some input form the infamous John Henry... I love to see tag-team problem- s
The guys who contest at my friend's shack use the CM500 headset with both an Orion II, an pair of Omni VIIs, and an Omni VI -- it is a beautiful sight seeing all that TT gear. I am fussy and use othe
Er...so, what DO the engineers at TT say about this? Have you asked them? I know loads of guys who swear by the CM500 on the Orion and Orion II and other TT rigs. If you suffer low receiver volume, I
They sell those headsets Bob mentions all over eBay... cheap, fragile, and not durable -but they sound OK. The electret condenser capsules in nearly every computer type headset cheap headset costs le
I am amazed at how closely most rigs match up after all these years. Some are a bit high, and some are a bit low, but mostly you can find a net and the other guys can pretty much hear and work everyb
I totally agree with JB on this - that set works swell with all sorts of Orions, Orion IIs, Omni VIIs and other TT rigs with no problems of low audio output. Not that I am any expert on fixing radios
What a HOOT !!! This induced me to reach inside my stash of office supplies and locate my supply of Avery Color Coding Labels - little colored sticky dots you stick on documents for coding and attent