Hi all, IMHO Frank makes some good points. The Orion II (of which I am an owner) and the Flexradio are both excellent products but neither is perfect and neither is for everyone. At this point in the
Rick, I don't have an Omni but I do have an AL-811 that I use on 160 meters with my Orion II. The AL-811 is not designed to be used on QSK without Ameritron's QSK-5 switching unit, which I do not hav
If you haven't already, try a full reset. Turn off the power. Hold down the VFO B LOCK button while turning the power back on. Then do a "master reset" again, answering YES when asked about clearing
Hi, The latest issue of RSGB RadCom, which arrived here (Arizona) yesterday, has a generally favorable review of the Omni VII, by Peter Hart, G3SJX. His receiver performance measurements are "excelle
As far as I know, RadCom articles are not available online. The monthly magazine is sent to members of RSGB, which is available through ARRL Hq. 73, Ray W2RS _________________________________________
Hi, I've checked further, and although I was right that RadCom articles are not available online, RSGB does offer single-copy sales of back issues. They are priced at GBP 3.95 (about $8) per issue, p
One solution for this is to get a Tokyo Hy-Power HL-100Bdx. This is a solid-state "brick" amp for 80-6 meters that puts out 100 watts and uses RF-sensing switching so no amp control link is needed. W
Well, it depends on the specific radio and amp. As I mentioned yesterday, the Argo V has no provision for amp control, so unless you're interested in making mods (count me out of that), you'll need a
Paul, I just checked the HRO Web site. The THP amp you are speaking of, the HL-100Bdx, is not sold there due to FCC rules. It is perfectly legal for licensed hams to use, but not to sell commercially
Yes, but I doubt that you will want to. Auto-tuners usually don't work as well as the manual kind. With due respect to Bob Heil, who helped design the Orion II audio section, the Ten-Tec mike works j
On CW, PEP equals carrier power because there's nothing but a carrier when the key is down. On AM, PEP is four times the carrier power so the rig is programmed to reduce the carrier. 73, Ray W2RS ___
My Orion II reduces the carrier output to approximately 25 watts in the AM position, while my Argonaut V reduces it to about 8 watts from the nominal 20. Ray W2RS ____________________________________
I don't have the Heil mic or the NCS switcher, but I had a similar experience with my O II and the T-T 706. I have the mic gain set to 52 for SSB but got light-audio reports on AM. Turning up the mic
Vince, I'm having the same problem with a Dell Latitude D420, the Radio Shack USB/Serial converter and an Orion II. My Dell is running XP so I don't think it's a Vista problem. 73, Ray W2RS _________
I did, and the cable works to install firmware, but not for the N4PY program. 73, Ray _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://lists.contesting
Ed, Have you tried a hard reset? Hold down the VFO B LOCK button while turning the power on, then follow with a master reset, clearing all memories? GL, Ray W2RS _____________________________________
Now that's what I call a REALLY hard reset :-) 73, Ray W2RS _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tent
Funny, no such problem here. 73, Ray W2RS _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec
Must be. I use the O2 send buttons and my paddle, and have no such problems. I don't (yet) have computer keying -- never typed very well. 73, Ray W2RS _______________________________________________
Yes, I have the same problem. I'm using Sony MDR-7506 phones, so the problem is not unique to Heil. 73, Ray W2RS _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.