Thanks, Al -- I am on my way back over there... musta missed it... Doh! At least I have a FISTS Member Number. -- K8JHR -- Their "Basic CW Operating Manual" may be what you're looking for: ==
OK... having devoured those materials... do you have any more ? Something more detailed so as to inform me how and when to use the narrow filters, work DX without cheesing off the DX community, and h
Yeah... selling a radio, like selling a guitar, is sorta like selling your little brother to the Gypsies... seems a good a idea at the time, but after awhile you end up missing the little blighter an
If you sell all the rigs you don't use very much, you could afford any rig you want ! But I know how hard it is to sell of an old friend ! You face a terrible dilemma, OM. ;-) == K8JHR == ___________
I once silenced my Omni VII's receiver... I foolishly hot plugged an active receive-only antenna into the receive-only jack on the rig, and fried a couple of diodes - which were an easy diagnosis and
I THINK I LIKE THE IDEA OF MARKET PRESSURE BETTER than asking for more legislation. Once you get it mandated, it is murder getting around it later when a better technology comes along. I think all th
Amen, JB. ___________________________________________ Good Operating Practices Dept. Memo No. 29887 ___________________________________________ Unfortunately, there are very few good resources with i
Wow... that is good to know. I will pass that along. ... AND... be prepared to DUCK ! [You know how some guys get when you say something about their rig... ] ;-) == K8JHR == On 5/14/2012 3:57 PM, Ric
_________________________________________________ There is no situation so bad that it cannot be made worse with government help. _______________________________________________
Speaking of taking things to the grave... this is a true story: A rich guy was dying and he summoned his three most trusted advisers, his lawyer, his doctor, and his Pastor. He gave them each $50,000
I am learning the Code and will soon try CW mode. I shall commence with casual contacts, but eventually want to work CW contests with the big boys at the contest station, with whom I now work phone c
HEY! I represent that remark ! _______________ Anonymous - K8JHR ________________ We'd see a guy on the course with brand new clubs, bag and clothing. He'd be lucky to hit the ball past the ladies' t
Am I the only one to think the audio output kinda sucks ? I am NOT one of those Hi Fi audio guys, but I mean, really... these radios are often rated at 10% Total Harmonic Distortion (THD.) . Sheesh..
Pretty wishy washy. Perhaps I should run for some political office! -- Nope... you have an unfortunate honest streak that would preclude you from ever winning the election. -- K8JHR -- ,,/
The one place where the OM7 will be at a disadvantage is if you are trying to use it at a multi-multi station where you have at least 6 max legal power stations on the air simultaneously from a loca
THANKS BOB. That is nice to know. I suppose some of the other rigs are better than as stated in their brochures, but one would think they would make some noise about it - it would be an easy way to c
With some receivers it certainly does, especially those that are power or supply voltage limited. BUT -- I like to think that I know the difference between my ham rig and my home entertainment syste
I thought I had read that radial spacing may be more important than length and that radials may not have much effect past the 1/4 wave point. I am a vertical antenna maven... My studies tend to conf
I fully agree and only add one suggestion. When not using the station, disconnect all antennas and unplug the station. Yes... all that and ... Connect all loose antenna feed lines to a ground buss bo