Before you start with this project, check either the Tech Correspondence or Hints and Kinks in QST ... Seems like - recall someone else doing this or something very similar several years ago. Out wit
That's a good idea to try, another one would be to leave the mic/715/cable to rig inline and disconnect the power supply line ... see if anything changes? That might help to isolate the actual RF ent
Club station Omni V has developed a keying problem ... in a series of say 5 dots, it will 'drop' one of them in a random fashion. TT suggested replacing K1, that was done over the weekend ... problem
Lee ... please be sure and email the specifics to ditsbits as this IS a BETA, so can't hurt to ask and provide details again. 73 de Billy, AA4NU --Original Message--
An interesting rant Charlie ... Especially as you are waiting for Yaesu to FINALLY address the known problems of your FT9K ... How long before they have it back to you? And weren't you complaining ab
Gary, do some research on the Polyphaser site, or find a copy of W. R. Block's book on lightning protection that goes into details on what to do to PROPERLY protect your setting. For example, they st
OK, I'll add what I learned ... in this case it was a Herc II with the 9420 power supply ... totally DEAD ... no dial light, fan, etc ... THANKS to Ken, and especially John, G3JAG, and Garry at Ten-T
Sadly Derwin, you are very "missaken". Do a search on W8JI, or read ON4UN's Low band DXing books to learn how ground system really work. There is "no free lunch" with radial systems. 73 de Billy, AA4
Hi Ron, We are not that far apart ... the key is as you mentioned, "special design considerations" ... that's the important piece. Otherwise we end up with 'ham lore' that seems to think that 2 eleva
Derwin, I would agree with you as to not wanting to reduce the gain or change the TA33's pattern. But I am afraid that removing the radials from the 5/8w will make it worse, not better, unless you fi
Here we go AGAIN ... on grounding. The problem is most "ham" grounding setups don't meet codes and are poorly constructed. Check the sources who know, like the Polyphaser site. Less than accurate adv
What does the amp show for output when driven into a Dummy Load? I would run that test next, before I started buying new tubes/etc. Spend some time doing a bit of troubleshooting to find the problem.
Actually the MP was introduced in late 1995 IIRC ... May everyone have a great weekend, with time on the air with their "radio of choice" ... 73 Billy AA4NU
Hello Group, I am a Beta tester for engineering at TT and am very proud to have been selected to participate in the commissioning of the Orion and software. <snipped> Just to keep this in perspectiv
Gary Fiber (spelling?) with Icom used to be very active on the rec.radio forums or via the telephone helping folks use their gear and answer their questions. Icom also has shipped out parts N/C, just
Allowing for ... Isotropic ~ 2.1 dB .... Ground reflection ... ~ 4 - 6 dB <depending on conductivity/etc.> You and Sinisa are tracking pretty close really ... 73 Billy AA4NU Without looking it up aga
Make that gain of a dipole over Isotropic ~ 2.1 dB ... Allowing for ... Isotropic ~ 2.1 dB .... Ground reflection ... ~ 4 - 6 dB <depending on conductivity/etc.> You and Sinisa are tracking pretty cl