I am thinking about getting a US Interface Navigator, and have two questions: 1. Does anyone have experience using one with an Orion II? I see from their web site that it supports the Orion, but says
I read somewhere that the signal comes from the German national weather service, DWD, and it looks like FSK on the scope, but with MMTTY I am unable to decode it. And yes, the amateur service is seco
We don't have a lot of BC stations out here in the desert, but I'm about 5 miles from a ham who will go anonymous because he puts out several times as much power on 160 as W1AW. The O2 roofing filter
Tonno, I suspect that you will get as many answers as there are responders, because everyone hears differently. On 160 I currently use BW of 100 Hz, the 300 Hz roofing filter, slow AGC and RF gain of
John, FWIW I have mine set for 100% weighting and 5 ms rise/fall. The QSK delay setting depends upon the switching time of your linear, if you're using one. With no amp, or a good QSK amp, you can us
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
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
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
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