Hi TT gang, This serious contester "broke down" and acquired used estate Omni VI updated to +. I want to find out why more contesters don't use this radio. Turned it on, and I like what I hear (or no
<< Anyhow, how do most people do CW? I've seen stuff for keyers, paddles, and the like; I'm wondering, what does most people use to do CW? >> Hi Shawn, the first priority is to get the speed up, the
<< Would appreciate clarification of the filter holding capacity of the Omni 6. I believe it will hold 3 filters in the 9Mhz and 4 filters in the 6Mhz ifs (or is that only the plus)? Are all these fi
In a message dated 9/3/03 9:16:17 PM Eastern Daylight Time, RMcGraw@blomand.net writes: Steve is a first class fellow and true gentlemen. He's moving to St. Petersburg Russia and will start a like bu
Interesting to watch the discussion, just like "I like blondes, he likes brunetts" Is B/W LCD display better than LEDs? Sure Is color LCD display better than B/W? Definitely! Is Escalade better than
Your most likely #1 culprit is C15 400 pF. Then #2 and 3 would be C17 and C16. You might want to try to minimize the drift by using say 4x 100 pF or 8x 50 pF caps in parallel for C15. This divides th
In a message dated 10/11/03 6:56:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time, KD7EFQ@aol.com writes: He also read K6SE's scathing review from E-ham on the air when K6SE trashed the Orion. Now Regardless of what your
In a message dated 10/23/03 6:49:29 PM Eastern Daylight Time, rohre@arlut.utexas.edu writes: No one uses an untuned mobile whip, who desires to get the most power to the antenna and radiated. As in a
You can look at it two ways: 1. Super radio, fixes itself 2. That's what you get in software controlled radio, (blame the software guy). It that is all, then the fix is coming, and another one, ... Y
In a message dated 11/4/03 7:14:48 PM Eastern Standard Time, unger_j@mediasoft.net writes: I was using version 1.358 of the firmware because all of the more recent updates have a fuzzy CW sidetone in
For sake of argument, assume my TX bandwidth is set to 1800 Hz. If I am transmitting my 1500 watts into an 1800 Hz BW, does this mean I would be 3 dB stronger than someone transmitting his 1500 watts
Yuri, Make that BOB Heil. Dave Heil was doing your cartoons. Dave K8MN _______________________________________________ << Yes, sorry, that's right Bob Heil, K9EID of Heil Radio. Dave Heil, K8MN did t
OOOps, here I go again, make it "Heiluwa Heils" :-) Oh well! _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/ten
Is there any way to separate PTT line from CW KEYing line in CW mode? Yuri _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailma
I am happy to see it. I use CTWin and the keying circuit from the PC is connected to the PTT circuit via a switching transistor built into the PC parallel connector. I can then use the built in keyer
Your thoughts? You forgot global warming :-) Yuri _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec
PTT line on MIKE connector becomes KEY line when you switch to CW, not good, unnecessary, poor choice on $3k radio. I want it to stay PTT. Any way of doing it??? Yuri ________________________________
been told it is impossible for CW. << That is a major bummer! I was hoping that I was just deficient in finding how to do it. If this is the reality, then it sucks. I also found QSK unnecessary for t
off, the CW key will not key the Orion in SSB and will not act as PTT. With this option on, the CW key and PTT do the same thing.<< With this option off, the CW key will not key the Orion in SSB (for
On more problem with delay built into the rig is that if you use computer CQ and paddles through the computer (TRlog) it starts upsetting timing (delays) and when you are trying to send CW with paddl